Day 7 - Adoption official

We had a good night. About 9 she fell asleep with me holding her, but when I put her in the crib we started all over. So when she fell back asleep I laid down in bed with her own me. A few hours later I slipped out. So she slept all night till around 7.

For breakfast she ate everything we offered her peaches, pineapple, rice, noodles, and yogurt. I figured out what pear water is. Her info sheet said they gave her this. It is pear boiled in water. Then you put the pears in this machine that separates the juice from the pulp. She loved this.

After breakfast we skyped with Jaime and Bennett. He seemed to be doing so good. I miss him so much. Jaime said he did okay after seeing us, but we did not.

At 9:30 we went back to the Registration Office to be given our certificate and have a small ceremony. So it is now official that Anna Katelin Wright is our daughter. After this we went to the notary office. I was warned that this trip will require endurance, but no one mentioned carry a child up six flights of stairs. The office building did not have an elevator. At this office we signed some more papers and got our picture made. Then we were done for the day. Some families left today to go to the city of the orphanage to apply for a passport, but our trip is tomorrow.

AK really came out of her shell this afternoon. She played with toys, walked, ran, laughed, and let Nanna hold her. Since we still do not have air, we played in the hall where it was cooler. She had a night terror during her nap. She threw herself back and started screaming. We could not hold her. It took us a while to figure out that she was not awake. I called her name (Ying Ying) and she opened her eyes. Then she let me hold her and she calmed down. We are now starting to see her personality and the affects of living in an orphanage. We will need to educate ourselves on how to handle this and how to disciple her. She can be aggressive, but then can share with the other kids. She grinds her teeth when mad. She pulls her hair when tired. It is sad to wonder what her life has been like the last 15 months.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day. We leave at 8 to travel to Puyang. I got the pictures downloaded today and hope to post soon. Life is a little crazy.