Alicia gets readopted!

One of the pieces of advice that we received was to readopt Alicia so that she could have a birth certificate in English. We were given the name of a local attorney that we called. All we had to do was send a copy of the adoption decree and the attorney prepared everything. I don't remember even seeing her until we arrived in court. It was more stressful driving down town Chicago and finding a parking place than the actual process. Alicia had to be served--the sheriff actually touched her with the papers. He then gave her a deputy's badge! We went upstairs to the court and met with the attorney and the judge presiding over the case. We were asked a couple of questions about our family and our work. The adoption was then finalized and in a few months we would receive our Certificate of Foreign Birth for Alicia. This was just one more step in the process of Alicia becoming an American.