It's Official!!!!

Well today we are no longer a family of 4, we are officially a family of 5!
We started the morning with a walk to the Civil Affairs office, where they photographed Addie. The traffic and the roads here seem a little crazier than Beijing.  We were with our guide and we would just walk out into the street in front of cars.  When we got there we had to sit Addie in a chair for her picture and she was not happy.  She has been so good for the camera, but not this morning.  We finally got her calm so they could take her picture.  Next, they had to take a picture of Addie, Ann, and me for the official adoption certificate.  We then waited a few minutes and we had an interview with someone.  While waiting we noticed they had posted "The Foreign Adoption Process for Jiangxi", I thought it was funny they translated the title, but they did not translate the actual steps in the process.  Hopefully we got it right.  In the interview they asked a handful of questions and we had to sign paperwork and then we were done.  It took just a little over an hour for this part of the process. 

We walked back to the hotel.  We had a few hours so we put Addie down for her nap.  She was able to get in a good 2 hour nap.  Later in the afternoon we had to go out to finish all of our paperwork. The first stop was at the notary office.  There it was similar to the morning, he asked a few questions we signed some papers and were on our way.  Next we headed to apply for her passport.  This was pretty quick because we had already filled out this paperwork the night before.  They took her picture and our guide gave them some paperwork and we were done.  When we walked out it was official, we are now a family 5!

Our paperwork here in her province is now done.  We just have to wait for her passport and we are on our way.  If the weather is nice the next couple of days we will have some time to sight see in her province.  The weather does not look promising at this point.  Tomorrow they are forecasting heavy rain that will continue through Wednesday.  Hopefully it will only rain for part of the day.

We are all doing well so far.  Addie slept through the night and is doing great.  I think we are finally adjusting to the time change.  Lyndsay and Landon both are great with Addie.  It has been a great couple of days together.  Thanks for praying for us.