Toby's Day in Court and Fourth of July Pics

If you thought it was all said and done when we landed back on US soil then think again. It's taken a couple of months to get our day in court but today was it. We had to stand in front of a judge and ask the Ohio court system to recognize Toby's forgein birth. Why you ask? First and foremost it completes the name change. The finalization of the adoption in Guatemala changed Toby's last name to our family name, but that was all. So on everything official he was Angel Fernando. Today the Ohio courts officially changed his name to Tobias Angel. The second reason for our court date was to get Toby an Ohio birth certificate so that later down the road we can simply go to vital statistics and pick one up, instead of flying to Guatemala.When we receive his birth certificate (in 4-8 weeks, urgh!) then we can get his SSN and his U.S. passport enabling us to go and visit Lili.

Toby waiting for our turn

Smooches to my Sister while hiding from Mommy

A picture of me taken by...Toby

It's official thanks to Our attorney, Tom

Here's to the Red,White and Blue! We had a great time on the Fourth. Sorry it's taken me so long to post about it but with Lili's referral, I've been working nonstop to gather all the paperwork as quickly as possible. So without further ado, here's our fourth of July pictures. Sadly we witnessed no fireworks, Toby was fast asleep so we couldn't drive the 15 minutes to go and watch them.

Toby and Nate (My brother's girlfriend's son, get all that?)

Toby with his PapPap

Toby with his Nana

Toby and Nate

Toby playing with his Grandpa