On Tuesday, March 10th, Desneiges officially became our daughter!
We went back to the Adoption Registration Office of Civil Affairs Bureau where we first met Desneiges to do MORE paperwork and to be interviewed for the adoption registration and notarization (Kole would have a fit if he knew how many trees were donated in the last 5 years toward this adoption). After a whole morning there, she is officially ours.
On the way back to the hotel, our group stopped at a shopping building. Most of our group wanted to go to the supermarket. We chose to enjoy the shops - very different from here. We were looking for some hair clips for her beautiful, plentiful hair as we only brought headbands. Found a shop that had some, but of course they did not speak our language. We communicated via calculator as far as price. We decided to buy 2 clips when we saw some cute fuzzy ones. Asked how much. They had Desneiges sit on mom's lap and she had her hair done for the first time. There was one lady on each side working on her hair. Her hair was so cute when they were done. Of course they did this to try to sell us more clips - of which they succeeded. Who could resist!
We went back to the hotel for a few hours before heading to Shamian Island at 4:00 with our group. It is about a 15 minute walk from the hotel. On the way there we walked through a long street of caged animals for sale on both sides of the street. On the island there were lots of shops to see. We loved exploring.
When we returned to the hotel we received pictures of her orphanage and a few of her with her friends from about a month ago. We will not be able to go to her orphanage. It was nice to get more information specific to her. Some neat things were written about her name. Her caregivers wrote: "Her name was given by the information office. It is hoped that she will be as beautiful as the lady carrying her name in the olden times. The name gives luck." We also received her bottle from the orphanage.
She is doing well. Slept last night from 8:30 p.m. until 4:30 a.m. How nice is that! She takes her bottle well - she drinks it in about 1 minute. She spent over an hour examining her toys today.
On Wednesday we get her visa medical done in the afternoon. Then on to the police station to apply for her visa. They say we will be gone from 1:30 till 5:00 p.m.
We can't wait to get home - we miss everyone sooooooooooooo much!
She is beautiful! I remember buying all the hair things for Kali when we were adopting Kaci who had no hair! The hair clips look VERY nice!
ReplyDeleteShannon Bringolf