Nearly 4 months after arriving home from the flip side of our world - the new super sized Goodson family of 3 was finally able to seal the deal with the state of Ohio!! No take backs on a double dog dare - We're official!!!!
Although we adopted Emma Grace in China - having a ceremony in Shanghai and also standing before the US Consulate in Guangzhou, the state of Ohio does insist you also stand before a judge and "re-adopt", so to speak, in a Pomp & Circumstance type ceremony in your home county. This enables you to obtain an Ohio birth certificate, and also gives you the opportunity to take that final step and nail this phase of the journey shut with friends and family present, if you so choose to do so............we did.........
On Tuesday, December 4th; at a little after 9am in front of a small group of family in the court room of Judge James T. Walther, the state of Ohio recognized our daughter to be one - Emma Grace Goodson - and deemed her an official resident of the state of Ohio, USA.
It was short but sweet and we were so happy to have our family with us!
But, in order for Emma Grace to be able to make an appearance at her own re-adoption ceremony, she had to miss her weekly playschool date.......on Christmas tree day no less........boooo.......no worries.......I'm sure Miss Elizabeth will mark her excused. Afterall, her mama wrote her a note......and got it certified by the judge she did she did!
So now our paperwork is officially over. No more pencils!! No more books!! no more....wait....well, come to think of it....I do actually have to fill out our next monthly report due in a few days.....and then there's the birth certificate form......and........ahhh heck.
Paperwork or no paperwork - it is now full steam ahead with one eye to the sky singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and one eye to the ground looking for dropped change..................its what we do!
Life couldn't be sweeter - Welcome to Goodson Emma Grace................NEXT!
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