Well, today was Mia’s readoption day!  We went down to the Warren County Probate Court and they recognized Mia’s adoption as accurate and complete and authorized her name change and the State of Ohio to issue her a U.S. Birth Certificate.  This was the final step in the process and the book is now closed!  Yeah!

Mia started her day looking smashing in her Sunday Best!

She did not, however, end up looking this good.  In fact, by days end, she look like a train wreck.  Between her running nose, her drool from teething, and then playing outside in the water this warm afternoon, she was looking a little rough.  But, I think we will keep her.

My sister-in-law, Kim, came to the ceremony this morning along with her nine children and my mother-in-law.  OK, her nine kids and our seven.  It was a PACKED court room!

As week walked in, the guard as the baliff what in the world this was for!  Then, when it was explained to him, he told the baliff that he would stick around just in case this group got out of control!  They were, however, very well behaved.

The judge went through the paper work, asked about how Mia was doing, asked if there was anything we wanted to say (Anything WE wanted to say?  Like, if we said nothing this thing might not go through?)  Then he approved everything. 

There is a tradition at the Warren County Courts that all new adoptees get a flag pin.  So, the judge came down and pinned a US Flad on Mia’s sleeve.

After that, we all took a picture with the judge.

 Then we went to a park, and went to lunch.  All-in-all, a pretty good day!  And that is the end of the process.  Mia is officially Mia and is ours.

Cameron