On Thursday, October 10th Kinsey officially became a Walker! Eric and I have been looking forward to finalizing in court for awhile now for obvious reasons. Now that our baby girl is finalized, she is officially ours as if she was born to us and her name has been legally changed to Kinsey Allison Walker.
Court was actually a little anticlimactic. I mean, when I hear the word "court" I picture a mean old judge and tons of people sitting around me that I don't know. We were actually the only people in the room along with the judge, lawyer, and our caseworker. Our lawyer asked Eric a series of questions about our background and ability to care for Kinsey (as I was distracting Kinsey with a book so she would stop eating the courtroom paper). He then confirmed with me that all my answers would have been the same as Eric's. Judge Farley listened to the questions and confirmed the adoption. After a signature here and there, our job was done.
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| With Judge Farley |
Next we went upstairs with our lawyer to get copies of all the adoption paperwork. The office ladies gave Kinsey a bear because she was so cute with it.
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| Kinsey in front of Johnson County Court House |
And then we took a few pics with our official daughter!
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| She's so happy to be ours. Can't you tell? |
That was all there was to it! I'm glad the legality of the adoption is finally over because Kinsey has been our daughter since the day we brought her home. Now we can get a new birth certificate and change her name with the pediatrician. Wahoo!! The work never ends :)
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