It's Legal!

This morning we had our Civil Affairs appointment. At this time we were asked several questions: Did we like our daughter? Did we get along with her last night? Do we believe we could provide for her? Why do we want to adopt a child from China? Do we feel that education is important for the growth of a child? Do we realize that our daughter has a special need? How do we plan to care for her need? Does her special need make a difference to you? After answering all of these questions, and placing our thumbprint over signatures that we had signed on several documents, we were declared to be the legal parents of Ning Yi. The ceremony took about 5 minutes. That's it. What took a year of paper chasing, waiting, certifying, authenticating, waiting & more excruciating waiting was culminated in a simple 5 minute session of questions and answers, and a legal declaration. She now is legally our daughter.

We will wait for her passport to be printed, and on Saturday, we will head to Guangzhou to complete the American portion of the adoption.

AbbyGrace continues to be taking the transition very smoothly. No tears. What appears to be no grief. Because she has handled the transition so well, we believe that we will be safe to visit her orphanage on Thursday. I am greatly looking forward to seeing this place where miracles take place. The name of her orphanage is "Mother's Love". Only appropriate, I feel.

I'll leave you with just a few pics from today.