Welp, we had our first Christmas today as a family of four. I was a really nice year with a few different Christmas get togethers, and we'll be leaving to go to NYC on Monday to celebrate with Radames' family and a bunch of our friends.
Ella was way more into the big day than Addison, but I think that's to be expected. She got so much stuff that she went ga ga for, but Addison pretty much tried to eat wrapping paper, walked around in circles tripping on empty boxes, chased the dog and tried to eat our cell phones, as always. He was pretty oblivious to the big day, but it was still a great treat to know that we got to share in his first Christmas....finally. :)
We'll upload more pix soon. Hope you all had great holidays. Happy early New Year. :)
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Re-Adoption is Complete!
So, we had our time with the judge this morning and he made us raise our right hands and swear that it was true that little Addison is now ours. :) He's now officially Addison Miles Tyree-Rodriguez and no longer Eyob Radames Rodriguez, and now he's an internationally born resident of the state of Tennessee. Woo hoo!
The judge was very sweet and made us take pictures with him. We met back in his cheesy conference room that smelled like vanilla and had ugly posters in frames, but he couldn't have been nicer. He said that of all the nonsense he'll hear the rest of the day, he'll go home feeling great about his job because of little Addison. He carried Addison all around the room, spent time just chumming it up with us and was sincerely moved by his story. All in all, it was a smooth process, and our lawyer was competent and everything. :)
We're confused now about all the gazillions of papers we now have to file to get him a US birth certificate, SS card, etc., but one day at a time. We're still just trying to keep our heads above water b/c he's so demanding and exhausting. He couldn't be sweeter, but he's a LOT of work.
One major milestone reached for December 14th, 2009. Little Addison legally became our son according to US law! :) Finally!
The judge was very sweet and made us take pictures with him. We met back in his cheesy conference room that smelled like vanilla and had ugly posters in frames, but he couldn't have been nicer. He said that of all the nonsense he'll hear the rest of the day, he'll go home feeling great about his job because of little Addison. He carried Addison all around the room, spent time just chumming it up with us and was sincerely moved by his story. All in all, it was a smooth process, and our lawyer was competent and everything. :)
We're confused now about all the gazillions of papers we now have to file to get him a US birth certificate, SS card, etc., but one day at a time. We're still just trying to keep our heads above water b/c he's so demanding and exhausting. He couldn't be sweeter, but he's a LOT of work.
One major milestone reached for December 14th, 2009. Little Addison legally became our son according to US law! :) Finally!
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