The date to finalize an adoption is set once the child is 6 months old & the adoptive parents have met the necessary requirements. For the past 6 months, we have sent monthly letters & pictures to our birthparents via the San Antonio adoption agency. We were also required to provide proof to the agency that Isaac was going to the doctor for his regular checkups. Additionally, our social worker has made 2 visits to our home in the last 6 months to interview us jointly and individually as well as watch us interact with Isaac. Following his last visit, our social worker sent a report to the adoption agency recommending Isaac's adoption to be finalized. Needless to say, we are very relieved that all the piles and piles of paperwork are done....but, best of all, it is absolutely wonderful to know that the State of Texas will now officially recognize Isaac as forever ours, too!
In adoption circles, the day an adoption is finalized is known as "Gotcha Day!" We had our own little "Gotcha Day" on October 31 when we brought Isaac home, but we are ecstatic that Isaac's real "Gotcha Day" is coming up so soon!
(Also....we are so excited that our dear friends Mark & Corrie have the finalization for their daughter Landrie's adoption set for the day after Isaac's! We have gone through nearly every part of our adoption journeys together...so it just seems fitting that we finalize at the same time, too!)
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