Today we all became a family. We all walked over to the Adoption registration office across the street from the hotel, swore an oath to take care of him, and put our fingerprints on top of our signatures. Own seemed pretty happy about the whole thing except right before our official family photo for the chinese adoption certificate. He cried unconsolably until the picture was over, then he went back to his happy self. The picture below is the lobby of our hotel just after the ceremony. The Hotel, as everyplace else, is decorated for Chinese New Year.
We thought the best way to celebrate becoming a family would be to visit the Panda's in the Chongqing zoo. they seemed very excited about the whole thing.
Little Owen is a very happy engaged and active little boy. His sister is enjoying her new role as big sister, although she has insisted on being carried every moment now, and for a 40 b kid it doesn't take long before the back starts to hurt. That's okay, we have a lot of ibuprofen, we'll be fine. See you tomorrow.
hooray! congrats on family day! I am getting lots of great info on how things might go for us - soon we hope!
ReplyDeleteIt's official! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fancy looking official adoption day!!!!! Congrats! Owen is so very cute! Seems like you are enjoying Chongqing. How is Chongqing different that the other areas of China you've been to before (Beijing, Hunan, and Guangzhou)? Food, people, local culture, etc...?
ReplyDeleteLove the updates!!!!!
Congratulations! How fitting Owen joined your family at the Chinese New Year.
ReplyDeleteNew Year=New Beginnings for your little boy! Love to you all!
We love following your blog. It is the daily news for Vicki and Adelina, and Terry enjoys it too. Tsai loves every picture of Owen ;-) It seems like he was just waiting for you and is so happy that you finally came. Congratulations, and we look forward to meeting him in person. Best wishes to big sister Libby!
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