Sentencia Finally!

Those of you who are wondering, "Sentencia" is our final adoption decree.  Yes, we are officially Michael's parents forever.  It became official March 14th at the courthouse with cake and coke to celebrate.  We heard word on Tuesday night that the judge was most likely going to sign the papers on Wednesday.  We were beyond excited and wanted to share the news with our family and friends as soon as the process was complete.  Our new judge was a very kind man and had his whole office stop to celebrate our adoption with us.  He is the only judge in the court system that celebrates with the families and we felt blessed to have gotten him for our second time around. 

With the final decree in hand, I was able to get Michael a new birth certificate, listing us as his parents and with his new given name.  It was icing on the cake to have the new birth certificate in hand.    Now we begin the process to leave Colombia. We have to get him a passport, visa, doctor's check, etc... We are hoping to have all of that completed and be home the weekend of March 24th.  Words can not express the joy we have in our hearts that this little boy is ours forever.  We thank you all so much for supporting us along the way.  The comments and emails encourage us a lot.  We hope all of you are doing well and we will keep you updated as we continue along.

Love,
Kristin, Matt, & Michael