Jake’s adoption was finalized this morning. Of course he was in a great mood (he always is) and it was just us, the judge, our attorney, my parents and my 14 mo. niece. The whole finalization took 3 minutes…he said everything was well in order and we had to take an oath and then he signed the papers and off we went.

I don’t think the magnitude of the day caught up to me until we made it outside the courthouse. I looked over and caught tears in my mom’s eyes and and maybe some in Dads and I stopped, looked up and the blue sky and I said “I just have to say WOOOOOOHOOOOOO”. Of course bellowing out in front of the courthouse earned me some strange looks but I didn’t care because it was all I could do not to skip down the street kissing perfect strangers and screaming yipeee! By the time we made it to the restaurant for lunch I was calm but I’m saving some more woohoos for the giant party we’re having this weekend…a weenie roast of mass proportions, all decked out, tons of food and fun! I’ll be sure to post pictures later.

To all you first time waiting APs…this time last year I thought we’d never get a match…looking back today that wait, that anguish seems like nothing at all. Adoption is worth every ounce of effort and tears…keep your chins up and soon you’ll be screaming woohoo into the big blue sky!