Before
Nathanael standing outside the courtroom doors, just before we all went in to finalize his adoption.
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After!!!!
One of us, forever!
You can see how excited Missie was when we told her that Nate was going to be her brother "forever and ever".
I want to take a little survey..... I really want to celebrate Nate joining our family, yearly, but I don't know which date to use. There are 3 possibilities;
1. December 14 - The day he moved in with us.
2. August 14 - The day we got legal custody, and his name changed, officially, to Nathanael Josh James Santo
or
3. Febuary 18 - The day his adoption was finalized.
I'd love it if people could post comments voting which day I should use. They are all so important. Thanks!
7 comments:
December 14th - hurray!
Josh.
le 18 février - hourra!!
Cara,
Peter celebrates both his official b-day and his "special day" - which is when his parents took him home for the first time. Whichever date is further from the offical birthday I'd pick, so he feels special all year round. Congrats again!
Rebecca
I vote for the name-change day because that is when he officially moved from being a foster child to becoming a member of the family, with a final court date required to rubber-stamp an already existing reality. Also, December is close to Christmas, and February is close to his birthday. August, on the other hand, is SUMMERTIME and we are often together around that time, enjoying family times together by the lake. But whatever date you choose will be terrific, because each of those dates has its own particular significance and the important thing after all is the reality that we will celebrate together - the incomparable gift that God has given to you and to us in our dear sweet Nathanael Josh James. Congratulations to you, and to all of us who love and treasure and are blessed by Nathanael's presence in our family.
Hey,
I think all of them are good. Personally, I would choose the date he moved in with you since that was literally the day he joined your family. Everything that took place afterwards was legality and paperwork, and doesn't change the fact that from the moment you had him in your arms, he was family.
Calvin
Man, I'm even more confused now then before....What am I going to do?
Cara
Hi, I think that Calvin's point is well made, and I would like to change my vote!
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