Gotcha Day!!!

What a great day! We finally have little Zach and he's so adorable and cute. :)

We arrived at the civil affairs office a little before 10:00 am and walked in the room and there he was. He was sitting on a sofa with his nannies. The nannies pointed to us and said Mamma and Babba (Chinese for mommy and daddy). It took a little coaxing on the nannies part for him to come to us, but when he did he came over and gave me a hug. Then he went to Joe and gave Joe a hug. He was a little unsure of what was going on, but the nannies continued to say Mamma Babba. There was no crying or fits of any kind, for which I was surprised. Then I think we won him over when we gave him Teddie Grams. He really loved those. We then gave him a couple of toy cars to play with and he was happy playing with his cars and eating the Teddy Grams we gave him. We then had to go in an office and complete some paperwork. When we were done with the paperwork, the nannies had left and the orphanage director was about to leave. He stated that we can come to the orphanage on Friday afternoon to visit and they will give us his finding ad and his gifts that we sent in his care package. It is wonderful that he is allowing us to visit the orphanage. There are many orphanages in China they do not allow this, we are greatful that we will have this opportunity to see where Zach spent the first two years of his life.

After talking to the orphanage director, we had to head to a local photo place to have our family picture taken for our final adoption paperwork. This is where Zach started to cry for the first time. He did not want to get in the van and he cried most of the way to the photo place. On the way he stopped crying and fell asleep in my arms (tired little guy) and once we arrived he was fine. He was a trooper sitting through the little photo session. After the photo session we headed back to the hotel. We took him back to the room and we played for a bit and then went down to lunch. This boy can eat. He enjoyed fried rice, noodles, beef, watermelon, and the cheerios that we brought with us just in case. After lunch we took a little walk around the hotel grounds and he seemed very interested in the swimming pool. After our walk we went back to the room for Zach's afternoon nap. He fell asleep around 1:30 pm and I guess we did too because the next thing I know I look at the clock and it's 6:00 pm and Joe and Zach are still sleeping. Once I got everyone up we decided to head to the pool for a swim and then head to dinner. Zach was a little unsure of the water, but he was too intent on watching the other kids in the pool. After the swim we headed to dinner, where again Zach ate more than anyone.

Tomorrow we head back to the Civil Affairs Office and complete more paperwork. This should take about an hour and then we have the rest of the day free.

Enjoy the pictures