Gotcha!

We finally got Hope yesterday morning here.  It was about 10 a.m. in China when we saw her come off the elevator at the Civil Affairs Buareu (CAB) - like the courthouse.  She was screaming when they brought her in - proving a healthy set of lungs!  We were there for about 30 minutes and then we were off to WalMart to get a few things and then back to our room for the rest of the day.

 

We spent the rest of the day in our room, just the three of us.  Hope cried a bit, but we made it through the day without crying ourselves.  She has eaten pretty well, much more of the solids then formula so we will need to make some adjustments and pick up some of the local foods for her.  We were told that she was doing multiple bottles of formula a day, and in reality it seems that she doesn't do a bottle at all.  Fortunately Kris was prepared with an assortment of items and it should get us through today.  Tomorrow we will probably head out to the store and some other stops as a family with our guide, Anna.

 

The biggest praise is that she slept through the night.  She went down around 7:30 last night, woke up around 12 and then after 15 minutes went back to sleep and then got up around 6:30 this morning.  So she got some good rest and we did as well!

 

Today we go back to the CAB to complete the paperwork and then Hope will  be officially be ours!  After the appointment we will come back to our room for another day with the three of us.