Winta's Adoption

 Some exciting family news! We finally finalized Winta's adoption! It's something we've been working on for a while and have had some snags but now it's official. Adopting an adult doesn't change much- we have always loved Winta as our daughter and lived and acted as a family. But this is symbolic and something that Winta needed and wanted. We all wanted it. :) So on a snowy March day we went to court and signed the final papers in front of a judge! 

To mark the special day, I made Winta this charm necklace to symbolize her home in Africa and here in America, both equally important and significant and always apart of her, and with us, her family. 

What a special day! 

(And yes, Haben is still very much apart of this family and we love her just as much and are still equally involved in her life. Her situation is a bit different though with having a father she's close with back home in Africa and siblings as well. And here she is married and a mother. But if she ever wanted us to officially adopt her, we'd do that also! But like I said, it isn't NEEDED to prove that we are a family. :)