It's Official!

On Saturday, Caroline officially adopted Jacob as her son. We were a part of the many families participating in National Adoption Day. Click here and you can see a news story from WBAL. Don't blink and you can see Caroline holding Jacob.

It was a very nice day for the hearing. The combination of many people and unseasonably warm weather made for a very hot courtroom. The story you won't read about is that at least half the parents adopting that day were lesbians adopting their own children (and one gay male couple). Not that I think we shouldn't have a story about children being adopted out of the foster care system, but clearly there are so many gay adoptions, someone should take notice.

The judges were great and it was clear that they do truly approve of our families and were equally happy for us. It only took 30 seconds, but I was very happy to have our family legally recognized in that moment.