Zeke’s Adoption Day

Picture with the Judge

Ever since I first shared that we were hoping to adopt, to when I wrote all about bringing Zeke home from the hospital, I have received so many emails, comments, and notes of encouragement. Thank you so much for all of your support over the past year. I’ve gotten quite a few emails asking how we’re doing, where the adoption process is at, etc, so I thought I would write a little follow up post now that the adoption is officially finalized.

That’s right – we went to court last Tuesday, the 19th, and now we are officially Zeke’s parents! It seems crazy that it took almost 9 months, but we are so glad that it’s finally official. And we have the certificate of adoption to prove it. πŸ™‚

Adoption Certificate

I didn’t think I would be nervous about our court date, but as the day got closer, I started getting some butterflies. Especially once I found out the judge would actually ask us to say something – my worst nightmare haha. I’m pretty sure what I ended up saying sounded like nonsense. Mike did much better getting the point across that we love Zeke and are so happy to have him. πŸ™‚ Plenty of family showed up for support, which was great, and we took a little time afterwards for a mini photo shoot with everyone. Zeke was pretty overwhelmed and serious throughout the whole thing – good thing he’s cute even when he’s not smiling. πŸ™‚

Court Date

It ended up being really cool to go through the whole court process. It was so fun to hear the judge tell us that we were officially Zeke’s parents. We got to go up and take a picture with the judge and he even gave Zeke a teddy bear, which I’m sure will be special memento of the day. Zeke loved the teddy bear, but didn’t trust the judge or his facial hair one bit. πŸ˜‰

Nervous about the judge

Getting his teddy bear

with his teddy bear

Everyone came back to our house where we had a big family dinner to celebrate. Unfortunately Zeke went to bed about halfway through the party and missed his celebratory cake. Β We all enjoyed it for him though. πŸ˜‰ All in all it was a very fun day, one I’m sure we’ll look back on happily. And now we finally, officially have a son. πŸ™‚

Our Family

If you’re interested in reading the posts about our other kids, you can find them here:
LeviΒ |Β LandenΒ |Β Emma
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57 comments

  1. Yay!!! Congratulations!! I know that you two are so thrilled to have Zeke (as is the rest of the family). Zeke is certainly blessed to have you two as parents also. πŸ™‚

  2. What a blessing! Congratulations.

  3. Congratulations to all of you! Thank you for sharing your story too. It’s wonderful to hear such happy news.

  4. Congratulations!!!!! He is so adorable! What a great story you have, thanks for sharing! And what a great gift to get right before the holidays. πŸ™‚

  5. Such an answer to prayers. I’m so happy for you and Mike. xo

  6. Congratulations!!! I have been following your blog for a couple years now and love all your recipes but hearing that you were adopting, then when you brought your little guy home was sweeter than any recipe! I have two boys both through adoption, a 7 year old and a little one that will turn 1 on Thanksgiving Day wow nothing to be more thankful for than that! Actually Thanksgiving is very special to our family as we brought Owen home who we adopted internationally on 11.24 and Theo was born on 11.28 so we celebrate Thanksgiving for weeks at a time. Anyway this is a very long comment that you probably could care less about but I do understand how your beautiful family came to be and could not be happier for you!!!!

    • Thank you! And of course I care about your comment – I love hearing stores from other people who have adopted. Sounds like you have a pretty special Thanksgiving – how fun! πŸ™‚

  7. Congratulations! I couldn’t be happier for you. What a blessing!

  8. I definitely teared up while reading this! Congrats to you and your family!!

    P.S. I read this blog post after just completing your peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe, it is delicious!!

  9. Congrats Megan to you and your family. We have two extra holidays in our house each year — Happy Adoption Day in Feb for Daughter #1 and Happy Adoption Day #2 in August for Daughter #2.

  10. So very happy for all of you, congratulations!

  11. I just want to tell you congratulations! Also, I want you to know that you and your blog have been such an inspiration to me. You’re one of the reasons that I got into baking (with your delicious chai cupcake recipe) and I always check here first for new recipes to test out. My husband and I have also been planning to adopt, and I’m so happy to hear that the process is not as frightening as it seems from the outside. Congrats again, and have a very Merry Christmas!

    • Thank you! Your comment just made my night. I’m so glad you are enjoying baking, and I always love hearing about people who are adopting! Feel free to email if you have any questions or just want to talk adoption πŸ™‚

  12. So happy for you! Blessings to your lovely little family. πŸ™‚

  13. So happy for the three of you!! What a special Thanksgiving this will be! Prayers for continued blessings on your family☺️

  14. So very happy for you! What a cute family. πŸ™‚

  15. Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you all πŸ™‚

  16. This is just fantastic news!! Congratulations πŸ™‚

  17. congratulations! so excited for you!!!

  18. I didn’t realize it was not final until last week. I know your family are very excited.

    Thanks for sharing with us all.

    GOD BLESS!!!

  19. How blessed all of you are to have each other! And such a nice time right before Thanksgiving – lots to celebrate this year!

  20. Aww!! Congrats!!! That’s such amazing news πŸ™‚

  21. Your baby boy is such a blessing, and you and your husband will have
    many years of joy with him! Happy Thanksgiving!

  22. Congrats!! What an amazing Thanksgiving gift. You have so much to be thankful for!

  23. Your pictures and blog post just makes me feel so happy inside. He is one very lucky little guy. Brest wished to you all (and keep on posting those pictures. I just love seeing how much he is changing).

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  24. Hooray! We are so excited for you guys and I’m glad you posted pictures πŸ™‚ That teddy bear is as big as he is!

  25. Congratulations! So very happy for you. And let me say….Zeke…oh those cheeks! What a cutie pie! Best wishes for your family Megan.

  26. Congratulation, megan! Zeke is absolutely adorable!!

  27. This post just made my heart sing! There is so much to be thankful for in this whole process, but the best is that he’s officially a part of your family. Congratulations πŸ™‚ {ps – that teddy bear is awesome!}

  28. Congratulations Megan & Mike! He’s absolutely adorable. Our baby is 5 months old, and this post just made me cry. Babies are such a blessing! πŸ™‚

  29. Congratulations! I teared up reading through your story. We have a beautiful 19 month old boy and he is SO MUCH FUN. What a blessing – and I imagine a relief to have it all official!

  30. Megan,
    We are so excited for the precious addition to your family, Zeke. You are blessed. Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures to remember this special day. So excited that our granddaughters will get to know Zeke.

  31. Congratulations!! What a beautiful family πŸ™‚ I have been enjoying your blog for the last year and am so happy for you! Zeke is a lucky little boy!

  32. I just revisited this post because i remember how happy it made me! I love your blog…thank you for the wonderful recipes!

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