UPDATE ON OUR ADOPTION

We got a call from our attorney yesterday and things are actually moving forward with our adoption. YEAHHHHH. They got clearance from the judge to put the newspaper article in the HI papers to publish for the birthfather (this is standard for most adoptions- this terminates the rights of the birthfather). She found a really cheap one- only $140.00 which is I guess is a great price- and it is a small paper (hopefully less likely to be read!!!!) The paper ran yesterday or today. It will run once a week for 3 weeks. Then after the last publishing they will send our attorney's verification that it ran- then we can go to court so she said we would have a court date around Mid June. But I told her we wouldn't be there until mid July so that is when they will set our finalization date for. And as far as the mother's relinquishment goes ---that we were all worried about--- looks like Hawaii law is very liberal and don't really have a lot of strict guidlines so we are ok with that too, they think. YEAH! What a relief to not have to bother the birthmother again. So this was great news to us! So, looks like Meili will be sealed to us when she is about 11 months. Right around our 9 year wedding anniversary. Isn't this girl the cutest thing EVER!!!