Everyone here is exhausted from the family visit, but "Gotcha Day" went off without a hitch. The judge had umpteen cases on the docket and we were the first one! He made the statement in front of the entire courtroom that adoptions are the part of his job which he enjoys the most!

The following day, C. went up to dh at school and gave him a big hug and whispered that she loved him even more since he was now "really" her Daddy :D

In other humor, my grandmother decided the cabins for our Christmas cruise were too small so she decided she would pay to upgrade our two cabins to suites. Now that dd has a butler (you have seen the TV commercials for Celebrity where the man says, "My butler knew exactly how I took my tea") for 12 nights, she told dh that he too can take a vacation! :rollin

In-laws as I have said did not attend. Instead they sent a pair of expensive diamond earrings inside a lacquer music box which plays Disney's "A Whole New World" from Alladin. The music box was a MUCH bigger hit than the earrings!