Long ago and oh so far away...

[Kewcumber]

... DS became my son in every way that mattered, in my eyes, in his eyes and according to the laws of Kazakhstan.

Two and a half long and bureaucratic years later the UK courts finally recognised that Ds was indeed my lovely boy. He is now officially a Gherkin.

For anyone who doesn't know the story this is the photographic journey (quicker than reading the blog!) www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6e3cbecfaa2fc0543284d3&skin_id=601&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

Check out my profile for todays photos - I will remove them after a short time as the judge probably isn't expecting to appear on the internet!

When the judge pronounced that she was granting the adoption order, I whispered to DS "what do you say to the Judge?" and he shouted really loudly...

"THANK YOU!"

Afterwards his legal guardian came up to me and said the judge was very moved and said in all her years as a judge she'd never been thanked by a child.

What a boy... what must I have done in a previous to get this lucky? I have decided I must have been Florence Nightinggale!

Happy day

Wow, HUGE Congratulations! Such a moving story, and your DS is just lovely

Hope you're treating yourself to some wine/chocolate/whatever

Brilling. Congratulations and well done to you. He always sounds like such a lovely boy.

Wow, congratulations!

Great pictures, too.

oh kew

I have followed the story of you and Daniel from the very beginning, because he's about the same age as my Daniel and I rmember thinking how wonderful it was to have a baby that age.

he's grown so much, he's a credit you you, Kew/.

Many, many congratulations to you both. What a gorgeous little boy.

I'm in tears. You're so clever and kind and lucky and kind (I know I said that twice).

He is gorgeous - the one of him on his bike could be from a catalogue!!

Congratulations to you all

tears in my eyes...

Big Congratulations

Congratulations! (I find myself really moved)

You have made me cry!

Big (un-mumsnet style) hugs to you and your lovely boy, he's gorgeous.

I cant watch the whole video...am in tears. Such a beautiful little boy.

Very many congratulations!

Congratulations Kewcumber! He just gets more and more gorgeous as he gets older!

Lovely, lovely, lovely!

lovely story

I have read your posts many times, you are both so lucky, the best is yet to come....

Congratulations. He is beautiful and looks so happy

Awwwww . Congratulations to both of you. For some reason I thought it had all gone through ages ago. What took so flipping long?

Mind you if DH doesn't get his arse in gear and to go to a court and actually file the application to adopt DD it might take us that long too.

I have followed you more or less since I joined MN, can't believe it took this long, but am so pleased for you!

Congratulations to you both - it's a long journey in so many senses of the word isn't it?

congrats kew

you are both so lucky to have one another

he's looking so grown up!

You are both so fortunate to have found one another.... many,many congratulations to you both and to your extended family and I wish you a lifetime of happiness together XX

congratulations to you all

what a lovely way to document your amazing journey
snot weep!!

Thank you all. Just put him to bed and stroked his head until he went to sleep ang sang him "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happeeeeeee..."

Tinged with sadness that his birth mother can't see what a beautiful child she produced. But will think of that another day - today is for happy thoughts

bran - the delays were many and varied - changes to social worker, extended social worker holidays, my illness, lost court application, reapplication etc.

All seems worth it now though

Congratulations . Just the photos on your profile have made me a bit teary.