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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 ADOPTION DAY Today Hope is officially ours in the eyes of the Chinese government! Last night we had a tough time getting her down but once she was asleep she slept good. She is definitely a heavy sleeper. She slept next to me in the bed and I didn't dare move her to the crib because I though she would wake up, but now that I know she sleeps deeply she will be in the crib tonight. After another great breakfast we met our guide and other families in the lobby at 830. We had to go back to the Civil affairs office. We were a little nervous about going back to the office since Hope cried the entire time in there yesterday. But she is already really comfortable with us and did not shed one tear there. Some of the Orphanage staff were really happy to see her happy and were taking pictures of her ( for the foster family I'm sure). She let Steve carry her around most of the time to give my arms a break. She even got down and played a little in the playroom. We were interviewed and promised that we would take care of her and that all our information was correct. After that we signed and put our fingerprints over our signature. At the end they needed a foot print from her. We got our first family photo in this office. All the kids are still doing great. There is another little boy in our group that loves the boys and in constantly trying to play with them. When we left the office Hope fell asleep on the bus in Steve's arms. we laid her down in the crib once back in the room and she slept while we ate our lunch in the room. After she woke up we fed her some noodles. Steve also start doing some laundry in the tub and sent off our jeans to be cleaned. Right now the kids are working on some homework and Zoe is playing with Hope. We had some jealousy issues earlier but they were mainly about Chase and Zoe trying to share Hope. Everyone wants to play with her because she is so fun and cute! Tomorrow we have a tour planned and then Thursday we will visit the Orphanage. We were not granted permission to visit the foster family.

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