It's a Kabo thing!

Today was a huge day in our lives! We had our hearing in which Faith was made an official Kabo! Sean adopted her and we had a huge celebration!

When we arrived in the court room, our group was so large that we allowed to sit in the Jury Booth! The bailiff told us that they had just wrapped up a sentencing hearing for a death penalty case and that they were all very excited to be doing adoptions for the day! They called each family in to the Judge's Chambers one at a time from the youngest child being adopted to the oldest. Faith was the oldest, so we were last. Which worked out well as we were the largest group they had ever had! We were told that the Judges Chambers were too small for our large group and that the judge would come out and make her ruling in the courtroom. Faith, Sean, the judge and I all signed the court papers and then it was official! We took pictures and were told that not only were we the largest group, but that there had never been so many cameras and pictures taken! The flashes just kept going off! It was very exciting and happened very quickly. Now, we just have to wait a year for her birth certificate!

Later, when we returned home, we partied and celebrated our new official family! We had 45 people in our house who celebrated with us! We all had a great time and can't wait to celebrate it again next year!