Today is MY day!

Finally, after months of struggle and stress and postponements....today was MY day in court. We went to the courthouse early this morning and the judge read out his decision.....that it is in my best interest to legally joining the Bowman clan and so, today, my name is changed from Vailet Daudi Mapuga to Clara Shei Violet Bowman.

I had such a fun day today. I was in the best mood right from the start. Usually, I'm a pretty shy girl in pubic, but today, while we were waiting outside the judges chambers, I was playing and laughing and being very silly. After the decision, we came home and picked up Akira and we all went out to eat at Blue Heron for a lunch time celebration. Then, it was home for a quick nap, and then Mommy invited some of our friends over for a little impromptu celebration tonight.

Tomorrow we start all the hard stuff again, the paperwork chase through the halls of Tanzanian government to ensure that all my paperwork is in order, and the VERY tough task of getting our US immigration in order. But, for today....we are just going to celebrate that I am officially Akira's little sister today.