Citizen Seth

Congratulations Red White and Blue Balloons for Seth

Finalization at our house with the judge.  Seth just got up.  He was still on Pacific Time.

Yes, it is true.  I am now a citizen!

Seth's present for finalization--a train set

Big sister showing Seth how to use the trains

Happy Citizenship and Finalization Seth

On May 25th 2010 the judge came to our house to finalize Seth's adoption.  What a happy day!  He is officially Seth Nathaniel Brody, a citizen of the United States of America and a BRODY!  He has been our son in our hearts for over a year, but it is so nice to see it in black and white and know it is officially forever, sealed, signed and delivered and recognized by the US government and our state government.  It was exactly 13 months after we landed on American soil and we had him so young, so all and all not a terrible process, just a bit challenging back in our state and a bit anxiety provoking, but now it is all legitimate and recorded and we hopefully helped pave the way for others in our state with an non-typical adoption process.  We thank our agency, our social worker, and everyone at the court that was so supportive and patient and did the right and legal thing to get Seth finalized.  We are over the moon excited and happy and relieved.  What a wonderful day!

Now we applied for his social security card and his passport so we can freely travel about the world and take him on adventures and experiences to enrich his life.  Once we have those documents we will apply for his certificate of citizenship and then we are done with paperwork until he goes to college (I hope)!

We got Seth a train table for his finalization and took the glider out of his room and it is starting to look more "toddler or little boy like."  He loves trains and transportation and it is so cute because he now says, "choo choo and vroom."  He is doing great with it and we are beyond the put everything in your mouth stage, so he is has been really careful and really good.  He just wants to play all day and screams if you take him away to do something else. 

Blogger has a new picture upload and format and I am not a pro at it, so the pictures are a bit out of order and it takes forever.