Re-Adoption!

Today was Davis' readoption here in the states. This is so that he can get a birth certificate from the states and have more stateside paperwork. . .remembering that ALL of his paperwork originates in Liberia, if it were to become an unstable country again at some point. . he'd have no access to multiple copies of birth certificates, etc. So. . today was the big day. Thankfully, one of my dear friends, Carrie is a lawyer. . so, she did all the thinking and we just showed up! Thanks, Carrie! Unfortunately, everything is on the court's timetable so our court date was set for a day when all the grandparents are on vacation! However, Carrie was there (who's also a fellow adoptive mama with a sweetie pie from China) and my friend Jess made the trek too. Jess and I share passion for orphans of all shapes and sizes and I just about teared up walking into the courthouse, hoping that I'd be back there this year for Whitney and Jess! I can't wait guys!

It turned out to be a tad anti-climactic though! Not sure what I thought would happen, but we went into a room with a judge, Carrie asked us questions and the judge said, "I'll grant your petition." Alrighty then! Not a lot of fanfare, but another landmark in our process with our son. Today his name is officiall changed. drumroll please. . . .from Henry Davis in Liberia to
Gregory Davis ******(yeah, I'm not publishing our last name on our blog. . so just say it in your head if you know it!)

Yes, we decided to give Davis his new Daddy's first name as his own. That tears me up just thinking about it! I love how Davis LOVES having a Daddy and what a great daddy Greg is! We also think that when he grows up, he could us "G. Davis .. ." Sounds like a lawyer to me! ha ha

This is our pack for the day. . yeah, try keeping this team quiet in a courthouse! That's Brayden, Davis, Gracie, Jessica's little girl (and one of my children's favorite people) Abbie and our friend Shannon's little guys Trent and Gavin (Jess was sitting for them today and we were overjoyed to have them with us!) This is our family shot with Carrie! Thanks again. . it's nice having such smart friends!
Finally, a decent family picture!
After the courthouse, we headed to IHOP for breakfast! It was CRAZY! 6 kids 4 and under and 3 adults!
After breakfast, Greg headed to work and Jess and I took the kiddos to Monkey Joe's (a huge room filled with Inflatable Games) This is Brayden and Abbie's favorite way to take pictures. . .he kept giggling and then saying, "you're hugging me too tight!". It's so funny though. . I'll have to do a post of our pictures over the last 4 years. .I have TONS of this exact shot. . although they all used to be Brayden hugging Abbie. Now she's turning the tables!

The big kids had a blast. . but the littles are just a tad little. Davis loves the inflatables, but is still uneasy in a large group of children. It makes him really insecure and if he lost sight of me, he'd burst into uncontrollable tears! Gracie. . well, she's just too emotional to actually play! ha ha Being a wobbly runner anyways, bounce houses aren't her thing! So, we made faces and took funny pictures instead!

Isn't my boy darn cute? I think so!

Davis thinks it's HILARIOUS to take funny pictures. . he just laughs and laughs
Doesn't Jess look a bit evil?
Gracie tells me that she loves Jessica more than me! I, at least think, she might be teasing! I love it though. . .to have friends who love your little ones like you do. . well, there's not much better!

Thanks for celebrating with us! It was a good day in a weird week. I've not had the best week, but God has been so faithful and is using these challenging circumstances to teach me cool things. I'll share tomorrow night maybe!