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I hope to get back to daily postings!

Yesterday we made a mad dash to Chicago between my meetings because I had a condo board meeting.  In addition we had our first court date in front of the adoption judge.  It all went amazing well.  JH was such a good boy!  We got to the court building at 7:30 AM and waited in a long line to get to the Sheriffs Office for finger printing and a background check.  JH got a Sheriff badge because they had to deputize as part of the process.

Once we met my attorney we went to a waiting room where there were a few other families there for the same reason.  Mostly people with infants so JH was the star of the room with his "come on Da Da" or "come on Daddy" as he ran from toy to toy.  That waiting room was decked-out with toys!
He found a room with a wall of "trac a tors" and trucks and he was in heaven.

They called us in and all three of us stood before the judge and took our oath.  The judge asked us several questions and before we knew it my attorney shook our hands and said "you're officially his father now".  There is a 6 month waiting period so this will all be completely final on May 17th when they issue a new birth certificate with our names as his parents.

We had a quick lunch at Subway and hit the road back to MI.  It's good to be home with our little boy napping and we're catching-up on episodes of Glee and Raising Hope.