We had our first court date yesterday. It was just a quick pop in to see the magistrate and show her that we brought Eden back. It was a very interesting setup. It didn’t feel as formal as the last magistrate that we saw. I think that everyone who was on the schedule for the morning showed up at 9 and then we all sat in a room together. The magistrate sat at the front and they just went right through the list. The lawyers and the clients presented in front of everyone. We had no idea what was going on for a lot of it as it was in Swahili.
The kids did pretty well considering that we were sitting in a somewhat crowded room for an hour and they had to sit quietly. Andy was a bit restless, but Eden pretty much just colored with Ben the entire time.
Now we need to schedule a meeting with the social worker and get this adoption started! 🙂