It’s Official

Today at 1:30 pm we (Korbin, me, and my mom) met with the judge and he decreed it in the best interest of the child to proceed with the adoption. I gave way to tears it was so neat to hear him say that. He asked me three questions (I said yes, and really don’t remember what they are). he then gave Korbin a stuffed lion and we took a picture and were on our way. What a wonderful and emencely emotional day. Such a huge step toward forever that has taken me years. I am so happy to be Korbin’s mom. I will post pictures as soon as my eyes clear up and I can see straight.

For everyone still in the waiting game…keep up your endurance and faith. The end is much sweeter than the beginning.

Still waiting

So it’s a good wait. I just want to have the finalization date, yet, here we wait. The SW is still new at this, so everything takes a little bit longer as she double checks with a more senor SW on all her paperwork before subitting it to the courts and such. So I will continue to keep everyone posted. Thinking happy (and speedy) thoughts!

The 7th was a good day!

So it’s official.  I went to the social workers building/meeting area and signed all the legal documentation for adopting Korbin Elias (insert our last name here).  His social worker ‘S’ will submit the forms to the court on the 15th of this month and then, best case scenario she could receive our finilization date right then and there.  The other social worker ‘M’ said she just filed paperwork last week and received an April 10th finalization date.  Wow, that’s really quick.  ‘M’ would be surprised if we had to wait until the end of this month.  The appointments are always on a Monday or Friday and ‘S’ doesn’t work on Friday so it will definately be a Monday.  Maybe the 27th will be our date.  That would be splendid.  I was kind of bummed though, there wasn’t any paperwork or medical history from his bio’s.  I really wanted to be able to have that to give to him so he could have a window on the family that created him.  Oh well, sometimes you don’t always get what you want.  I’m just so happy to be able to keep him forever and watch him grow into a (hopefully), competent adult.

Here are some photos from our exciting afternoon.  Oh, by the way, it only took 30 minutes to sign this heap and stack of papers.  Also, Korbin was too funny.  He wanted a pen and paper so he could sign everytime I did.  Too cute.

I'm really focused and Korbin's 'on edge'

Here I am actually signing the paperwork. I love this photo!

Adoption Paperwork

Oh this is getting excited. I meet with Korbin’s social worker and mine on April 7 to sign all the adoption paperwork. I haven’t been this excited about paperwork in years. How Exciting! I think I said that already, but I guess you get it, it’s fun stuff.

On a side note, Korbin’s asthma has been bad the last few days. It seems to be mostly stress induced and I think he gets a little concerned when his birth name is thrown around a lot(I’ve been talking to the social workers on my commute to and from work). He started to get better once my mom got him a humidifier. Dang, that thing makes a world of difference. We have both been sleeping better. Him, since he’s not coughing or stuggling for air, or having me wake him every few hours for meds; and me, ’cause I’m not on heightened alert for every cough, shuffle, turn, whine, whimper, sniffle, etc. Sleep is so good. Especially when you haven’t seen the likes of it in hours.