It's official (as if it somehow wasn't before)

Both of our names are on the birth certificate. We have an anonymous donor and we used my egg and N's uterus (yes, and the rest of her body that went along for the ride!). We are registered domestic partners in the fine state of California. This gives us *most* of the rights of a married couple, including that a baby born into our union is legally both of ours. But...what about all of the other fine states...what would they think? To be sure that we were protected, we decided that I should adopt G. It was a long process that involved a lot of paperwork, but the final step (going to the courthouse) was very simple and fun. Bailey, N, G and I went last Friday morning, June 29th. We didn't have to wait too long, and while we were waiting, we saw another couple that we knew (friends of friends) that we had actually given N's milk to when their baby was born. That was very sweet. The judge was very nice. It must be a relaxing way to end the week to do adoptions all day. Afterwards we celebrated by going to brunch at The Full House (our favorite diner). :-)