August 25, 2015- Social worker came for post placement visit. The state of Alaska only required one.
August 26, 2015- One of my mom groups through a sip and see for us. It was so sweet. I cried. I still have a hard time with the idea of baby showers, but this was really nice. Also, makes it a lot easier when the baby is here and alive.
September 30, 2015- Court date for finalization. Ruby is officially a Rasmussen!!! That night we had a party for both Max and for Ruby. A 2nd birthday party for Max and an adoption finalization party for Ruby. Of course, it was train themed and the cake was strawberry flavored with reddish frosting. Red for Ruby and also red for adoption. The girl who made it did an amazing job. If you look closely you can see all of our kids are included on the cake. A boxcar with a sign for toddler crossing. A boxcar with a sign for baby crossing. And then a boxcar with a sign for angels crossing with l's and e's on the boxcar to represent Liam and Evelynn.
October 2, 2015- Got our paperwork in the mail saying the adoption was fianlized and that we can expect to get the supplemental birth certicate in around 12 weeks. Once we get that we can finally apply for a birth certificate.
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| Train cake for Max. Red for Ruby. |
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| Thank you to pinterest for this cool idea for our train themed party. |
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| My big boy on his actual birthday (Sept. 26). |
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| The perfect gift found on etsy for our birthmom. A necklace for her and one for Ruby. A Ruby as the stone versus her birthstone. |
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| 2 months old already. Such a happy baby, and love those dimples. |
Glad Max and Ruby are doing well!
ReplyDeleteI am so very happy for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteI just realized the "Max and Ruby" connection. Too cute!! They are both gorgeous, and it's wonderful that she's an official member of the family now. I can't believe Max is two! I hope you have lots of snuggling and settling down to look forward to - seems like you guys have been so busy!
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ReplyDeleteLots of folks have been supporting you for a long time, I think perhaps you owe them an update.
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