It's Official!!!

It's official! Gi is finally "readopted" in the state of Florida. Judge C issued a final judgement recognizing Gi's foreign adoption decree today. She is ours, ours, ours! Not that she wasn't ours before but having the state of Florida recognize our China adoption ensures Gi's legal rights as a citizen of the US and a resident of Florida. Gi will have a Florida birth certificate issued to her in about a month. Everybody from the judge all the way down to the clerks were very helpful and positive. We would like to give a big thank-you to Debi D. who helped us with compiling the petition paperwork, Tom D (attorney) who helped us draw up the final piece of paperwork and all of our adoption friends who gave us input and advice on this whole "readoption" process. It's going to be mighty hard for Gi to get rid of her goofy parents now! ;-)