Charlotte downing her morning bottle.
Hanging out in the playroom of the Civil Affairs Office while we waited for our interview.
We stopped at a local shop that was like WalMart. We thought this was an interesting snack! Chicken's feet!! There were other parts of things too that we didn't recognize.
The Starbuck's on Shamian Island was the nicest one we've ever been in and offered a taste of home much to Charles' delight. :-)
Playing at a park a few blocks away from our hotel.
A little boy came over to say "Hi!" to Charlotte.
We spend a lot of time walking around during our free time. It's a beautiful neighborhood.
All tired out!
I've never seen someone down liquid as quickly as Charlotte did last night and this morning when she had her bottle. She can drink 9 oz. without stopping once! We had to go back to the Civil Affairs office today to meet with an official and the notary in order to finish the Provincial paperwork. First a lady asked us a few questions: "Are you happy with your child?", "Can you tell me what her Chinese name is?", "Do you know which city she comes from?", "Do you want to adopt her?". It was a very quick and easy interview. Then we waited in a playroom forever for a man who reminded me of the annoying Emperor's official in the Disney movie "Mulan" (and I'm being kind). When we finally entered his office he "stepped out" for a few minutes and ignored us completely as he passed us on the way out. Everyone else in our group was done and had been waiting for us in the bus for a while by the time we finished. Now our adoption paperwork with China is complete and we wait until next Tuesday when everything is ready to pick-up and take to the American Consulate. Today, March 3rd, will be Charlotte's official adoption day.
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