Well, last Thursday, April 19th, Naomi was re-adopted for the State of Alabama. It was pretty simple--the lawyer took care of all the paperwork and we showed up at the court house. We met with the judge (who was really nice and sweet) and he signed the papers, we took some pictures, and that was it! Seems silly to have to re-adopt for the state when the federal government recognizes that she is already ours, but it is what it is. Glad to have one more step down. We also did our first post-placement visit that morning and so we are making progress. Now that Naomi is officially ours, we have applied for her birth certificate through the state. The only thing we really have left to do after that is to have the 12 month post-placement visit and then we have checked all of the boxes as far as adoption formalities are concerned. That will be nice to not have to worry that I am needing to stay on top of things, still. Naturally, Naomi was an angel at the court house and several people stopped to oooh and ahhhh. It is so nice to live in a community where there are so many adoptions and people are really supportive and genuinely delighted to meet her. So very glad Naomi is ours!
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