It's Official!!!‏

Today we went back to the Adoption Affairs Office and finalized the adoption of Jadyn - she is officially our daughter!!! We (I) had to complete a lot of paperwork, and we had to promise never to abandon her and to provide for her a good education. We applied our thumbprint to all of our signatures and Jadyn stamped her footprint to make it official. We received an adoption certificate and then some gifts from the orphanage director (see pics below). Guiyang is known for their silver and the locket they gave us means Safe;Peace. There is also a set of 4 DVD's which describe the province of Guizhou. We also received a certificate of appreciation for the donation to the orphanage. It was a busy hour and a half, but a very happy time!

We then went back to the hotel for about 20 minutes to drop off items and see if the babies needed to eat or be changed. Richard then met us in the lobby to go to Wal-Mart - yes, Wal-Mart:) It is a big store with quite the variety of items. We bought a couple of different cups for Jadyn since she seems to not like the bottle. Hopefully, one will work. Although, we have found that she sure does like congee! It is like a rice porridge and they had it on the breakfast buffet this morning and she went to town so we ordered some for lunch when we got back from Wal-mart. I did some laundry in the bathtub when we got back while Jerry entertained Jadyn - she sure is a daddy's girl! She was very attached to her foster father and has taken that on to Jerry. It is great that she is bonding so well with one of us; she is greiving the loss of her foster family and the familiar surroundings so we are just loving her as much as possible and allowing her to form bonds in her own time. She really is beautiful and has been quite good - we have received lots of her famous smiles and she is even laughing a little at times.

We are hanging low this afternoon to give her time to bond with us and tomorrow we will be going to a pavillion and local museum. Enjoy the pics from today!