today, we became a legal, indisputable, family. my adoption of ella is done! both the court and children's services, who each had an opportunity to summon us all if they wished, took a position of "no involvement." her birth certificate listing both of her mommies is on its way.
in case you don't know, the co-parent adoption is something we were forced to do in alberta because this province doesn't recognize our same-sex marriage.
even though no one could have convinced any of us that we weren't already a family, it feels good. i almost had a little cry when julie told me the news on my cell phone as i browsed thru save-on-foods on my lunch hour. i might have a little cry yet. it doesn't feel different or anything, it just simply feels good. ella is my daughter. and now *no one* can ever deny that. no one can ever take her away from me. *that* feels really really special.
