Recognition of Foreign Adoption

Here are a few pictures from September 23rd. Besides the judge in our picture we included our attorney as he did the paperwork for us and made things alot easier thus playing a big role in our getting Clay's name changed and everything set up for now and the future. The best we can any ways!!!

Catch Up!!!!!

It has happened!!! Anna had her embassy appt on Jan. 22. Matt and I had ours on Feb 22. Mary had her embassy appt on Sept 22. They are now home forever!!!!! Kim and Zack are home forever as of Friday, Sept 19th. Praise God!!!


It isnt over y'all there are still families waiting to bring their children home to their forever families. Please continue to pray them home it is a hard journey!!

Matt and Clay and I went before the judge in St Louis County on September 23rd. Clay is no longer a nickname it is his legal name. John Clayton is official!!! We moved home right after that. We are home!!!!!!!!! On September 24th, Anna and her family went to court for the readoption of Pablo. Please be praying for Pablo as he is pretty sick right now!! He has pneumonia and possibly the chicken pox. Please be praying for Anna and them as they take care of him too.

There are a ton of pictures taken, yet I have found a few I really like and placing here. Not many as this time I am going to add some videos soon!! The pictures are from a trip to MeMe and PawPaws and going with Aunt Deborah to walk around Oxford Lake. Clay went down the slide mostly alone but Aunt Deborah went once on a double slide and then as we walked around the lake, the lake and the ducks!! Finally pictures taken at court!! Enjoy!!!

Oxford Lake

OH!! How he grows!!

We are back home!!! We moved in and while still trying to get everything righted and sorted so could live we noticed something. Clay has grown since coming home. Well, I knew he had but not so much as on this night. We were eating. Clay was in his high chair in the kitchen (at this time table not righted from getting everything in the day before) and we were watching him when Matt said, "do you notice it?" "no" I replied. He said, "just look what do you not see?" Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. You couldnt see the giraffes any more on the seat of his high chair. Here it is y'all the difference between shortly after coming home forever and then just a few days ago!!!

February 2008

September 2008

Catch up (Pictures will follow when can do so)

Mary is out of PGN and waiting on Pink!!!!! Kim and Zack is waiting on DNA to be completed and sent to USE so they can be waiting on Pink. They will be coming home soon!!!!! Cory has pick up date of Sept 17th!! I think that gets everyone I know home but there are many more waiting to bring their little ones home so, PLEASE, continue to pray!!!!!!I will let you know when Mary and Kim are Pink!!

September 23rd is a big day for us. We will be going to court for the recognition of our child. From that day own he will officially, legally be John Clayton Aldridge, forever more!!!!! We are so excited and cannot wait. Our attorney said we should have paperwork that will allow us to get his social security card, also. Then we will just be waiting on his Missouri birth certificate and then on to a US Passport to prove citizenship until we can get his Certificate of Citizenship changed to his then legal name also!!!!!

Clay's Favorite people now are his Daddy(first and foremost), his PawPaw and then his cousin Jacob. I am, too, but these are the ones that he is constantly asking for other than me.
His Favorite food right now is Mandarin Oranges.
His Favorite TV characters are Winnie the Pooh and Elmo.
His Favorite Music is Imagination Movers, Choo Choo Soul, and Wiggles.
His New Skill is opening doors!!! Believe me that was not a fun one when we realized that he knew how to do that. He opened the door to the front of our apartment carrying a plunger he got out of the bath when I was cleaning it and lets just say I got him maybe one second before he started down the stairs of our apartment complex. If he would go down on his rear it wouldnt have been so scary but he insists on walking down and if I hadnt got him I know what would have happened and my mind could see it like it was. Thank God I saw that door open immediately. The only thing showed from his mishap was a scratched nose from the plunger handle when I grabbed him. I didnt care if he dropped it or not and didnt think it would hurt him. Needless to say I got out another door knob cover and used it on the front door now. Thank the Good Lord come the end of the month we will be back in Georgia for good.

That is it for now!!!!!! I will post pictures as soon as I can get them uploaded as it has been a hectic summer here!!