lördag 30 augusti 2014
A beautiful poem
Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone,
CELEBRATION DAY, AUGUST 2014
This one of the most important day in our lives! Every time I think about it, I feel happy, I feel that we did the right thing after all. Our children are now ours, forever and ever. And it is wonderful to be able to say that we are P&C's forever family! I could not really do that until the celebration day.
Granny and Grandad had bought some lovely new clothes for the children, an cool shirt for C and a pretty pink and blue dress with flamingos and a pink belt for P. I remember when P put her dress on, and I helped her with the button on the back. She said she felt so pretty in the dress - and oh, that she was! I did her hair too, and thought to myself that next time it will be just me and her like that will probably be at her own wedding day (if she decides that she want to get married of course). It was very special. She also wore her "ballerina shoes", just black shoes which are very pretty...she wants to wear them when she is off to ballet class apparently (must buy new ones as they are much loved and it shows).
All four of us set off to the Court, together two set of proud and excited Grandparents and one auntie feeling the same. It was a bit nerveracking as we did not really know what to expect, the word court is a bit serious anyway, but the word Celebration day made it less so.
Our lovely and fantastic socialworker came too, but the kids socialworker could not make it unfortunatley. Well, she will visit us sometime soon anyway which we are looking forward too. We had such lovely socialworkers and admire their job very much.
We were directed to a waiting room where we were just waiting around and wondering what was going to happen next. P got a bit anxious but Daddy held her and she soon calmed down. C was all smiley and happy.
Then we got invited to the courtroom. Me, Matthew and the kids sat in the front row and our loved ones in the row behind us. The Judge turned up, all dressed traditionally with a wig. Our fantastic parents was on their way to stand up for the Judge (as they had seen in movies etc), but the Judge turned out to have a fantastic sense of humour and said that it is way too much hard work, and it is not that kind of court anyway. It is a Celebration day!We all relaxed immediately!
The Judge asked us a few questions, one of them being who is the oldest of the two and how do the children get on with their Swedish. Regarding the Swedish, they are brilliant! C even thought the Judge a few Swedish words, like Hej and Hej då!
He then gave us a Certificate, where it says "In the Family Court at *place*, the Adoption and Children Act 2002, August 2014, *our childrens names and dates when they were born* was adopted by *mine and my husband's names*, signed by His Honour Judge. That was an amazing moment and the love I felt, and feel, for our two little ones made my heart almost burst with happiness!!
Lots of family photos was taken of course after this, all happy and feeling that we so belong together forever and ever.
The kids then got to choose a soft toy as to remember the day by, and also to try the Judge's chair and wig!Turned out they were not the onely ones as we got some photos of my husband in the same chair and wig too, and myself! Oh, and the grandparents and auntie too. Whilst all that was taking place, the kids and the Judge sat down on some chairs in the back of the room, resting. They were so quiet but the others certaintly wasn't! Made me laugh so much!
Our socialworker gave the children some nice gifts and cards before she had to leave the party, and the rest of us made our way home for a bbq. We had some nice gifts waiting for the kids in the garden, a trampoline and a swing.
My husband and I gave the kids some cards too, one which says "All you need is love" on the front and inside I wrote:
To our fantastic daughter, *her names*, on our Celebration Day *date*¨;
We can not believe that you came home to us o year and a half ago - time flies! And what an amazing time we have had together, as a family. It is certainly something to celebrate. our family! Mamma and Daddy love you so very much and we look forward to an exciting future together with you and C.
Lots of love and cuddles, Mamma and Daddy XXXX
The other one reads:"Live your Dreams"on the front and inside i wrote:
To our fantastic son, *his names*, on our Celebration Day *date*¨;
What a journey it has been for all of us, but we found eachother at last! Today, we are celebration that we are a family, wow, what an amazing thing to celebrate! Mamma and Daddy love you so very much and we look forward to an exiting future together with you and P. Lots of love and cuddles, Mamma and Daddy XXXX
Had this day happened any earlier in our lives together, it would have been a completely different story. We decided to wait until we were ready, as this is a day for the whole family to enjoy. And we sure did! We have got so much to look forward too, and we just love and treasure every moment together now. Every single moment. Even when P is singing "Let it go" from "Frozen" at 3am, in her bed. Loud and clear. She did put up a show. And it was amazing!
Mamma and Daddy are so happy and lucky that we found you, and that you took us to your hearts too. A rough journey, turning out to be something very special. I don't know what I would have done if we did not have you, in our lives, right now! <3 p="">
Granny and Grandad had bought some lovely new clothes for the children, an cool shirt for C and a pretty pink and blue dress with flamingos and a pink belt for P. I remember when P put her dress on, and I helped her with the button on the back. She said she felt so pretty in the dress - and oh, that she was! I did her hair too, and thought to myself that next time it will be just me and her like that will probably be at her own wedding day (if she decides that she want to get married of course). It was very special. She also wore her "ballerina shoes", just black shoes which are very pretty...she wants to wear them when she is off to ballet class apparently (must buy new ones as they are much loved and it shows).
All four of us set off to the Court, together two set of proud and excited Grandparents and one auntie feeling the same. It was a bit nerveracking as we did not really know what to expect, the word court is a bit serious anyway, but the word Celebration day made it less so.
Our lovely and fantastic socialworker came too, but the kids socialworker could not make it unfortunatley. Well, she will visit us sometime soon anyway which we are looking forward too. We had such lovely socialworkers and admire their job very much.
We were directed to a waiting room where we were just waiting around and wondering what was going to happen next. P got a bit anxious but Daddy held her and she soon calmed down. C was all smiley and happy.
Then we got invited to the courtroom. Me, Matthew and the kids sat in the front row and our loved ones in the row behind us. The Judge turned up, all dressed traditionally with a wig. Our fantastic parents was on their way to stand up for the Judge (as they had seen in movies etc), but the Judge turned out to have a fantastic sense of humour and said that it is way too much hard work, and it is not that kind of court anyway. It is a Celebration day!We all relaxed immediately!
The Judge asked us a few questions, one of them being who is the oldest of the two and how do the children get on with their Swedish. Regarding the Swedish, they are brilliant! C even thought the Judge a few Swedish words, like Hej and Hej då!
He then gave us a Certificate, where it says "In the Family Court at *place*, the Adoption and Children Act 2002, August 2014, *our childrens names and dates when they were born* was adopted by *mine and my husband's names*, signed by His Honour Judge. That was an amazing moment and the love I felt, and feel, for our two little ones made my heart almost burst with happiness!!
Lots of family photos was taken of course after this, all happy and feeling that we so belong together forever and ever.
The kids then got to choose a soft toy as to remember the day by, and also to try the Judge's chair and wig!Turned out they were not the onely ones as we got some photos of my husband in the same chair and wig too, and myself! Oh, and the grandparents and auntie too. Whilst all that was taking place, the kids and the Judge sat down on some chairs in the back of the room, resting. They were so quiet but the others certaintly wasn't! Made me laugh so much!
Our socialworker gave the children some nice gifts and cards before she had to leave the party, and the rest of us made our way home for a bbq. We had some nice gifts waiting for the kids in the garden, a trampoline and a swing.
My husband and I gave the kids some cards too, one which says "All you need is love" on the front and inside I wrote:
To our fantastic daughter, *her names*, on our Celebration Day *date*¨;
We can not believe that you came home to us o year and a half ago - time flies! And what an amazing time we have had together, as a family. It is certainly something to celebrate. our family! Mamma and Daddy love you so very much and we look forward to an exciting future together with you and C.
Lots of love and cuddles, Mamma and Daddy XXXX
The other one reads:"Live your Dreams"on the front and inside i wrote:
To our fantastic son, *his names*, on our Celebration Day *date*¨;
What a journey it has been for all of us, but we found eachother at last! Today, we are celebration that we are a family, wow, what an amazing thing to celebrate! Mamma and Daddy love you so very much and we look forward to an exiting future together with you and P. Lots of love and cuddles, Mamma and Daddy XXXX
Had this day happened any earlier in our lives together, it would have been a completely different story. We decided to wait until we were ready, as this is a day for the whole family to enjoy. And we sure did! We have got so much to look forward too, and we just love and treasure every moment together now. Every single moment. Even when P is singing "Let it go" from "Frozen" at 3am, in her bed. Loud and clear. She did put up a show. And it was amazing!
Mamma and Daddy are so happy and lucky that we found you, and that you took us to your hearts too. A rough journey, turning out to be something very special. I don't know what I would have done if we did not have you, in our lives, right now! <3 p="">
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