The Adoption is Final!

Crawling on the pizza box from last night.

Today was the lest fun day that I can remember is a long time but such an exciting day in many ways for this family because the adoption is final!! We had to meet at 8AM in the lobby but the kids were up by 5 anyway. We stayed out until noon, came back to the hotel for lunch and naps (which turned out to be minimal) and then had to be back to the bus at 2:30 to return at 5:30. Physically it was just a really hard day since John and I each basically had a child to hold all day. There weren’t a lot of places that Carter could get down without getting in trouble. J

Although it was very hard, we had some exciting moments! If I pass Gracie Lin to Parker, he can put her down but she won’t let me put her down. Parker took her this morning while I got dressed in about five minutes, he shouted, ‘She can crawl!’ We were once told that she could crawl but since she wouldn’t let us put her down, we didn’t know. Secondly, Parker got Gracie to laugh and after that she was laughing easily. We had a special moment on the bus where Carter joined Gracie Lin and me in our seats and he started sharing his sippy cup with her. They played and laughed and eventually she figured out how to drink from the cup. Lastly, at the end of the day, John was walking her and had Carter walking with him. When Carter ran into our neighbor’s room, he asked another friend to hold Gracie so he could chase. Gracie Lin cried until he returned and took her! We are taking this as a very good sign that she is getting familiar with us!

Fuzhou Babies and the Orphanage Director

It was a long, hard and joyous day! Good night kiddo’s!