Photos from March 7, 2007: Toby's Adoption Finalization
On March 7, 2007 we had our hearing in family court to finalize our adoption of Toby, and legally change his name to Tobias Gregory Persiko Benjamin. We invited several friends to come celebrate with us. Here we are with our social workers before the hearing:
And here are some shots of Toby on his own, with Pearl (our roommate/nanny), and with us before the hearing:
Then here we are in the courtroom, with Serafina helping me sign the documents, then us talking with the judge, and Toby receiving his stuffed bear:
After the official part of the hearing, we posed for pictures with the judge:
In the above picture, from left to right you see: Chelsea (Toby's SF County Social Worker), Sylvia (our BAPRC agency social worker), Will holding Boaz, Pearl, Nikki (Toby's Early Chidhood Intervention play friend from Easter Seals), Chaya Rivka, Serafina, Geoff, Toby, me (Craig), Judge Donna Hitchens, Karen, Avi, and Shai.