Adoption Granted!!!

Yesterday, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008, we adopted Isaac and Hadleigh! We went to the courthouse around 9:30 am to sign papers etc. It was a "Mass Adoption": meaning that there were 52 children being adopted at the same time! Isaac and Hadleigh both fell asleep before it even started. Once they started talking on the microphone, Hadleigh woke up, but Isaac slept through the WHOLE thing! Our lawyer spoke and told about what was going to happen and that San Antonio is #1 in the NATION in adoptions. Once the judges came in we all had to stand and be sworn in. Then they called out the parents names one by one and the parents would stand and they would say how many children you were adopting. One lady was adopting 5 children!!!! It started about 10:40 and we were done about 11:10!! Then we all stood in line to have our picture made with the judges. After that, my mom and brother and Erik and the babies and I went to eat lunch! My brother Nick had to be at work at 3:30 so he and my mom left after lunch. We all took a nap & then went to eat dinner!! We were all so exhausted we went to bed early!!

my baby giving me kisses!!

ONE tired girl!!

Asleep before it even starts!

The two outside charms are the ones Erik bought me for the adoption. They are engraved with their names and birth dates!!

Hadleigh's CPS caseworker, Claudia. Isaac's case worker did not come.

Isaac's lawyer

ADOPTION GRANTED!!!

CPS had a party after the adoption with cupcakes, candy and gave all the kids a stuffed animal! These are the puppies they got! We did not stay to eat cupcakes! Opted to eat mexican food instead!

With Judge Garcia and Judge Montemayor

Our TFL adoption caseworker, BRENDA. She came from Austin to be there.

Hadleigh trying to put on her new shoe!

The BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE from our balcony

So proud crawling in to the chair all BY himself!