Claire's Readoption

Our cute little princess! 

 

 So Claire is legally ours, has been since we were in China, but we are all given the option to readopt our children in the US.  It will let her have an American birth certificate which will help whenever we have to enroll her for school and that type of thing.  And it was another opportunity to celebrate this little miracle of ours! 

We arrived very early for the ceremony and so the kids had fun playing games in a little room in the courthouse.

 Elizabeth and Ben (along with Laura) and my mom and dad joined us.  The kids got to get out of school early so it was a big party for them!

 Wasting time at the courthouse!

 Claire with Grandma and Grandpa B!

 Our little cutie pie!

 Most of the pictures had the judges desk with his name in it and the courthouse name so I didn't want to post any of that (I don't know why, I'm weird about privacy stuff like that :)  but we did get this picture of all of us swearing to love her and take care of her.

 Here the judge is asking the boys how they like having a sister and if they're going to take care of her. :)

 Afterward they had stuffed animals for all the kids to pick from, along with cookies and juice.  They were thrilled!

 Then we celebrated by going to steak and shake, a dinner of champions!  We love you Claire-Bear!!!