11.18.15 goes down as another significant day with the Fab Five. Although Audrey An's and Chan's adoptions were finalized in China, David and I chose to do a re-adoption in the States. The main reason is to make life easier as far as some paperwork goes moving forward when asked for birth certificates- birth certificates that are in English. This sounds easy and would be a technicality (and not many will ever see or even consider an "issue"), but to me it was hard...emotionally. I had yet another crisis in my mind- a grieving- I had to work through again. I struggled if it was really the right thing to do for them and for us. Was I discounting their birth parents just to make it "easy" for them (as in they could now hand over a document in English... and with David and Christa as their parents)? Or were we doing something that one day they will appreciate- something "official" saying we are their forever parents and not an authentic, translated, Chinese document? I know we did what was right for our family. I do truly pray that one day they'll be thankful they have both. They have two official birth certificates- very very symbolic. One in Chinese. It states fact, unknowns, and heritage. One in English. It states fact, knowns, and legacy.
Just. So.Much.To.Process
This actually looks very official, but it really was for the photo op! The oath and signatures were not in the court room but in a jury deliberation room.
My very sweet friend, Kim (who also has a precious daughter born in China- aaaaand who the Lord used in my life 10 years ago to confirm in my heart that China was the country for us), is an attorney and filed our paperwork and represented us on this special day! It's all official when you wear black and have a smart friend with you (and a teen photo bomber!).
Since these three cuties keep me on my toes and we've had quite an eventful year, I'm VERY behind on blogging! I'm going to try to catch up, fill in, and use back dates...hopefully soon!
