Gotcha Day!

 Civil Affairs Office...brings back memories of our time with Kennedi

 Waiting for Brayden to arrive

 Bradley, Brayden, and Brayden's caregiver

 

 

 Us with Ms. Zhong and Brayden's caregiver

Today was a great day here in China.  I really do enjoy this place when we are here.  This morning we went down to breakfast which is always great because it's a buffet with many western foods.  Bradley had french toast, sausage, bacon, eggs, and apple juice.  Then after breakfast we explored the hotel some and then came back up to the room where I got a nice nap! Yay for naps!  When I woke up it was lunch time so we headed out and found the McDonalds and Pizza Hut.  We all 3 had meals at McDonald's for $8!  By the time we finished eating it was time to meet our guide down in the lobby to head to the Civil Affairs Office.  We met the other family, the Scott's, who are adopting a 14 year old girl and they went with us.  They are from Minnesota and are farmers.  They have a 14 year old girl they adopted 2 years ago from India (near Calcutta) and are getting here just in time to adopt their new daughter before she ages out of the system and cannot be adopted (her 14th birthday is at the end of the month). 

The Civil Affairs Office is the same place we met Kennedi at.  This time it was much busier in that place!  We waited for awhile then Sarah (or guide) called us over and Brayden came out with Ms. Zhong.  It was great.  He seems so calm and easy going, much like the rest of our family.  He definitely has a sense of humor, much like another Chinese child I know who lives with us.  I can just see them conspiring things together.  He REALLY likes computers and knew how to use my iPhone and the games on it.  Obviously he had access to them at the orphanage.  We are going to have to limit his time with them because this kid loves to play.  He is obviously very loved at the orphanage.  Ms. Zhong brought him to us as well as two caregivers from the orphanage.  She said the director really wants to see him with his family and so they are hoping we go and visit the orphanage before we leave.  We gave him his Rubicks Cubes and he loved trying to figure them out.  He gave Bradley a sucker and they had a good time playing on our phones while we did some paperwork.  He brought a lot of things with him and had gifts for us along with pictures of when he was little.  Was told he goes to school Monday through Friday from 7:30-5:30 and takes a nap from noon-2:00.  Sarah said he told her he was tired because he missed nap time.  He keeps sneezing and coughing so hopefully he's not sick and maybe it's just allergies.  Sarah is picking us up to take us to dinner at 6:00 and tomorrow it's back to the Civil Affairs Office to make his adoption final in China's eyes. Other than that, we are all doing great. 

10 days left here in China, the birth place of two of my children.  Thank you for the continued prayers and comments on here and Facebook.  We love reading them! Xoxoxo