What a difference a night can make....

Night at the parkwaking up(above)


Cowrin at notary D at notary




At civil affairs



Families at breakfast



civil affairs


Corwin giving his handprint



At breakfast







I think we have a different boy this morning than we did last night! Did someone switch him during the night? :)

Well Corwin fell into an exhausted sleep around 6:30pm. He slept ALL NIGHT LONG! I was the one who could not sleep! I went to bed around 9pm and woke up around midnight and had a hard time sleeping after that. Drifted off finally and woke up at 6:30am. Woke Corwin up around 7am. He was very happy and smiled some and told D "I love you" (in Chinese). I had to bathe him because he missed the potty a little. He did not want the bath! He cried again after that:(

After a lovely telephone call from my children,we headed to the buffet and met up with two other families also adopting from Fuzhou.(They are with Holt) They both have little girls. Corwin ate and ate and ate,oh did I tell you he is a chunk? He is big, not fat, just heavy, fits the 3T clothes perfectly! He ate more than I've seen a 2 year eat in a long time.

Then Katherine our guide came and and we went to the civil affairs office. The two other families met us there. It was a flurry of paperwork and people coming in and out and papers being signed and questions being asked. It took about an hour. Then we went to the police station. I don't know why we went there. We stayed in the van and Katherine went in and did whatever had to be done. The driver gave us a little lesson in Chinese while we waited. After, we went to the notary where we signed more papers,put our thumb print on them and promised to always love Corwin , take care of him, never abuse him and provide him with an education, medical care, love and protection and more.

I have to say that Corwin was an ABSOLUTE ANGEL during the entire morning. He did not fuss, cry,anything AT ALL. I was amazed! He stayed with us and sat on our laps and held our hands and came when we had to walk...amazing! Not a tear, frown..nothing. Not much smiles either but hey,I'll take it.

Right now he is sleeping! Samuel and D went for a walk to the big park. We will meet our guide later this afternoon and go look at an art market and look for some traditional outfits for Corwin.

Tomorrow we will go to his finding place about an hour away near the beach.....We are doing fantastic and loving every minute of it here.
Enjoy the pics!