Jonathan Harper - Adoption Experience

I am a 48 year old man that is in the process of adopting a two year old 3rd cousin.  I will be raising him with my partner of two years Rick who is 35 years old.  Jonathan's mother passed away in June of 2010 and he was raised by my first cousin Sherry from about 9 months until a few weeks ago.  I have been writing daily updates on face book (fb) that I will cut and paste here the first 19 days and will continue writing going forward.  I have been careful with what I have written in the last few days on fb due to family "issues" that may hinder the adoption process.  This will allow me to honestly post our experience in the adoption of Jonathan.  Rick and I look forward to sharing our experience with anyone who is interested in reading our posts.