Finalized!

Yesterday, we went to court to have the judge formally declare "Baby Boy (birthmother's last name)" as "Brett Theodore Wedan"!

Five-hundred and five days after we submitted our application for a home study, our adoption is FINAL!!! So, it took just under 8 months from the time we applied to adopt a child until Brett was placed in our arms - only 7 week of that time was our paperwork complete and we were "waiting", and just under nine months from the time Brett was placed in our arms until the adoption was final.

Court was definitely a celebratory occasion. Our county schedules all adoption finalizations for Friday afternoon, so the waiting area was filled with families with their little ones dressed up and smiles all around. Our hearing took about 15 minutes, including time to take pictures with the judge. Brett babbled through the whole thing and charmed the court clerk. We're just glad he didn't "object"!Grandma and Grandpa Ardie were able to come for the hearing and we went out to dinner to celebrate afterward. What a joyous day!