Final.

Our adoption worker, who is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, handed us the stack of papers and we started signing ‘em. One after another after another after another. Duplicates of this one and duplicates of that one.

We printed, and re-printed, the kids’ full (new) names.

We applied for their new birth certificates – a totally surreal concept.

We signed our affidavits and had them witnessed and stamped.

And that’s it.

We’re done.

The affidavits and paperwork now go to a judge who will, sometime in the next three to four months, sign the “Order of Adoption” and then Coffee and I will be served with the legal papers.

We have one more meeting scheduled with our adoption worker for October – a final check-in to make sure all is good – and then.. we’re REALLY done.

Is anyone else kind of finding this surreal? Or is it just me?