Official Adoption Day

Hi Everyone
Yestreday we went to the registration office which was quite an experience. Unfortunatly one of Samantha's nannies was there and whisked her out of my arms so she only wanted to be with her after that. So I took her out in the hall away from everyone else once I got her back. Then last night she played really well in the hallway with Caitlin. They held hands and ran up and down the hall and chased a balloon.

This morning we had to go back to the registration office and we received our official adoption paperwork. We didn't know what we were doing so it was a pleasant surprise and quick trip.

This afternoon we have tried to nap and that was a no go...I need to email Hope Foster Home and find out what they say for nap time. She slept very well last night though, from about 8 until 7 this morning. Caitlin and I have been sleeping together and we managed to stay asleep until 5. Every other day before this has been much earlier. Yesterday Pat and I were both awake at 2 am. Maybe by the time we leave we will be adjusted to the time change!

We are going to go to a shopping area today, similar to a Walmart. We need diapers and things for an easy and quick lunch.

Caitlin is doing better this afternoon than she was this morning. She has been pretty standoffish to me...she wants to be with and play with Samantha but she doesn't want to be around me a whole lot. Which is more difficult for me than I would like to admit.

I don't think we wrote much yesterday when Samantha arrived. So here is a little update. There were 10 babies delivered to the hotel yesterday for a few different agencies, so the plan was for us all to wait in our rooms and the kids would be delivered to us. We really wanted to be with the rest of our group when the kids arrived but it wasn't to be. I talked one other family into staying out in the hall with us since both our chidren were coming together from the same orphanage.

The Nanny(from the registration office) and our guide walked her to our room where we were waiting in the hall. The nanny talked to her, telling her Momma, Babba, Jie Jie, but she was not pleased with the whole ordeal. She cried quite a lot and tried to drag the nanny back to the elevator. Finally I took her from the nanny and she sat with me in the hall. Caitlin ran in the room for some fruit snacks and we tried that. She sucked on one and after a while more we walked into the room and sat on the floor. She sat with Pat for a long time and ate the rest of the fruit snacks and another bag as well. Her feet were crammed into a pair of shoes that were far too small but it took a long time to get her to let us take them off. We eventually got her coat off and she explored a little.

We went to lunch after about an hour and a half after a little paperwork. When we were working on our paperwork I found out that the nannies refer to themselves as Momma so every time I said momma and pointed to myself she cried even harder.

Anyway, lunch went very well. She sat with Pat, already her favorite, and ate spaghetti. Then she discovered his french fries and had fun dunking one for him and one for her. Then after lunch we had to go to ther registration office. Sorry this post is running in backwards order.

Anway, I know you don't want so much reading and really just want pictures so here they are.

We miss you and love you all. Thank you all for the posts we read them throughout the day and it is wonderful to hear from home. I am already ready to go home.
Love ya all-Kim