Day 6 -- It's Official - she's finally our daughter legally!!!

Caitlin slept through until about 7:00 am which was great!  Noah, Caitlin and I went with Belinda to the notary's office and registrar's office to finalize the local adoption portion of this process. Unfortunately the registrar's office was in the same building as yesterday, when we had our "Gotcha Day".  So needless to say this made Caitlin very upset - and her search for mama continued.

Waiting for our turn to be called in to fill out the paperwork.

We each took turns signing and thumb printing (in red ink) our signatures on all the paperwork.  The orphanage gave us a small gift which included a silver child's bracelet with the name of the orphanage on the outside and her Chinese name on the inside.  As well they were kind enough to to give us a cd with pictures of Caitlin on it.  (Can't wait to see them!)

It's official!  Here we are with the director of the orphanage after our paperwork has been completed.

Daddy's little girl!!  :)

The garden at the Chinese Welfare Lottery building.

Passed out from a combination of all the crying and fresh air.

Once we got back to the hotel, we picked up the rest of the crew and headed to Wal-Mart (Mom's been waiting for this!) for some supplies. Unfortunately I do not have a photo our camera so I will have to get it from Mom's to download it to the site!  We picked up two pizzas from Pizza Hut and took them back to the hotel for lunch.  While we were waiting for the pizzas, Grandpa W., Zachary, Caitlin an I went for a walk around the mall.  Grandpa bought a remote control car for Zachary, which both he and Caitlin enjoyed watching/playing with in the mall.

Caitlin fell asleep in my arms while walking the halls (it's been rainy and overcast all week) only to wake up as I tried to lay her down.  So, back to the hall we went and she fell back asleep.  This time I sat in the chair and let her sleep on my chest.  Noah was exhausted from last night so he napped too.  After she woke up I got her something to eat and we went with Nana and Granpa for a walk around the park at the South Lake (which is where our hotel is). She fell back asleep on our walk which was nice because she needed it, but I found out the hard way that Baby Bjorn's are not meant for bigger kids and she's not exactly a peanut!!  But it was recommended that we use this for bonding purposes.  

When we got back, I got her something to eat and then Zachary and Caitlin stayed in the room with Noah while the rest of us went down to Zhen Food Street Restaurant on the lower level of our hotel to grab some dinner.  When I returned, there were cheerios and puffs all over the floor (such fun throwing them and stepping on them!) and everyone was having a great time!  Zachary and Caitlin were playing together and she was smiling!!!  Zachary would drive his new car in the room and Caitlin would go pick it up and bring it back to him to so he could do it again!  (She's better at fetch than Otis!)  Zachary is so happy that she finally wants to play with him!  I almost cried when I saw her bend over and give him a kiss!  It warms my heart to see such brotherly and sisterly love growing before my eyes!!!

All tuckered out!  We can't wait to play some more tomorrow!