Saya is Officially a Neima

Yesterday was our court date for Saya's finalization at the Denver court. It was a rough start as it was an early morning hearing at 8am. To get to Denver with baby in tow by 8 means we have to leave the house at 6 thirty and then find parking and get through court security by 7:45am. Saya had a blow out and mommy had a tummy ache but we still made it. We met our social worker Donna Class and our agency's executive director Tracey along with Elisabeth. Our families finally got to meet our agency staff and were thrilled as they were all so nice. After taking a ton of pictures we headed off to the courtroom.

Here we are taking pictures in the hallway before our hearing. We picked out a purple dress for Saya. Doesn't she look cute?

We were the first family to get called in and it was a bit scary and nerve racking but we all sat down. The judge asked mom and dad to sit in the hot seats and I turned to my mother not realizing he was talking to me. Oops! He asked Jeff and I a series of questions about us adopting Saya, her health and development and made sure we were good for her. Donna vouched for us and so did Elisabeth and the hearing was then over. We took some pictures with the judge so we can show them to Saya when she is older.

After the hearing we went out to the hallway to speak to Elisabeth about filing for citizenship and whatnot. Saya also received a teddy bear from Adoption Alliance, she seemed to like the tags on it.

Even Linda Donovan was at the courts to support us. We're so lucky to have such a great agency supporting us in adopting Saya.

We headed out to the front of the courthouse to take a few more pictures. The sun was shining in our faces so it was a bit tough but we tried. Saya had a long day and was tired so we let her sleep in the stroller.

After the courthouse, we headed off to eat a little breakfast/brunch. We thought it was much later but it was still about 9am since we had such an early start. We found this breakfast place called Snooze and had a bit to eat there. Saya was a bit cranky as she was starving and wanted to eat.

So we did a bit more eating later in the evening to celebrate Saya's finalization.