Our Day In Court

Today was the big day for Kimi's adoption. After a hectic morning and barely making it to the courthouse on time, our lawyer ushered us into this little room with a few tables and chairs. There were already a bunch of other people gathered there, adults and children. They were all there for adoptions. We sat down and waited around for about an hour, not even, when we were called in. It was a small courtroom. Kimi commented that it looked like the one on Law & Order...but much smaller. hehe

The judge came in and announced the case number. Our lawyer introduced himself and then we were sworn in. The lawyer then asked Fran a bunch of questions...how long has Kimberleigh been in your care...when did you marry your wife...where do you work...how much do you earn...how long have you been at your current residence...are you aware that Kimberleigh's natural father has consented to the adoption...do you feel you are financially and emotionally able to care for Kimberleigh...and so forth. He then asked me a bunch of questions...are you Kimberleigh's natural birth mother...when was the last time you were in contact with the birth father...is it your desire for your husband to adopt Kimberleigh...yada yada.

The judge then shuffled through some papers and basically said the adoption was granted...only in legal mumbo jumbo. The judge and court clerk congratulated us and had big smiles on their faces. Kimi had a huge grin as well. She was so excited. This was all a happy surprise for us. We thought it was a preliminary hearing, we didn't know it would be finalized today. So we were thrilled!

After all that worrying...all this adoption really consisted of was filling out papers and showing up in court for about 10 minutes. DYFS never contacted us. I guess there were no red flags in out file.

I tried to call the sperm donor to let him know it's all said and done, but his phone has been disconnected...surprise surprise. Who the hell knows where he is. And for the first time...it doesn't matter. He is officially out of my life. I never have to speak to him again. It's finally over...I can close that chapter of my life. Today is a day of new beginnings. Kimi has a new last name, and I feel like my family is finally whole...complete. It's a great feeling.

New Blogger Sucks...

Well, not really...I'm just an idiot. I just did this whole post about how cool the new blogger looked and how I couldn't wait to explore and see what it offers. (Yes, I'm a geek.) And then I went on to say that things around here are pretty much the same. Can't get any work done during the day because Andre is such a handful and that I have had to find other ways of making money. Projects on the horizon that I can't divulge just yet because I want to make sure they're completely planned out before I open my mouth. I just summed it up pretty short...it was a decently long post. Blogger has spell check now...which rocks...so I went through all that. I then clicked on the publish button at the top of the page...and as it turns out, that wasn't the right button. That sent me to a publish page and wiped out my entire post. The correct publish button is at the bottom of the page. Now I don't have time to try to remember everything I wrote and all that...Andre is crying and it's almost feeding time. So you'll just have to live with this post. Just know that I'm doing ok...still not getting much sleep and still fighting to keep from moving into a cardboard box...but getting used to the whole thing. Anyhoo, I better run. Next time I log on I'll be sure to research all the new crap at blogger before I post.