Emma in court

Emma received her first summons (and hopefully last) yesterday.  We have one last step to go through here in Illinois, which is the re-adoption process.  It will legally provide her with an Illinois birth certificate, and finish off the legal aspects of our journey.  We had to get her up at 5:30 am to head downtown and spent the morning doing paperwork and waiting to appear before the judge.  She did great through most of the trip, but we definitely "felt" the impact on her schedule later in the day and through the night.  Hopefuly she will be back on track today. 

Here are a couple of picks from yesterday.  And some more to come on Christmas preparations - yay!

Getting herself dolled up for her big court date - at 5:30 am.

I don't remember court being this much fun!

Waiting to be summoned - she looks a little scared.

Emma getting her first (and hopefully last) summons.





Waiting for the judge and the time to go home...