As of Thursday - It's Official. Our last big step was to "finalize" our adoption with the state.
We spent Thursday afternoon in the historic county courthouse, filled out paperwork (just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more paperwork), and swore before a judge that what we said was true.
This was also the step where we could officially change their names. For those that have been following this process from the beginning (bless you) this will be old news but for those that are just joining us (welcome!) - We decided to give the boys new first names and keep their given Ethiopian names as middle names. So our oldest is Seth Mebratu (meaning light) and the youngest is Colin Mitiku (meaning replace).
Here we are with Judge Montgomery, also a father to three adopted children.
Everyone was gracious with our slighty squirrely crew. The boys got to explore the courtroom and the staff got to be part of some happy litigation for a change.
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