It's final . . . she's ours!

Today we had to go back to the Civil Affairs Office to do a bit more paperwork and have two short interviews. We were asked by the officials questions such as:
Why did you want to adopt?
Why did you want to adopt from China?
Are you willing to adopt her?
Are you satisfied with her?
We sort of chuckled (afterwards of course) at some of the questions because the wording seems a little funny but of course we told them we're satisfied with her - so yes, we passed the interviews and we get to keep her! :) Here's a picture of the three of us after we were done finalizing everything.

And here are some more of her just because she's so darn cute!

As you can see Denise, the outfit just fits her - and we thought we'd be rolling the pants and sleeves! Not this chunky monkey. She started out as one of the smallest babies and now she's one of the heaviest babies in our group! Gives us more to squeeze. I was tickling her chunky belly today and she was just giggling away. Very contagious.

Yes, the referral was right . . . she does love to sleep face down! And she puts her bum in the air too - so cute.

Answers to some of your questions:

Yes, we did get our care package back that we sent to the orphanage when we got our referral and we know it was opened and out because it all has the orphanage smell on it. The disposable camera says there are 0 pictures remaining so I assume they took some of her over the last two months. We'll get it developed when we get home. The orphanage also gave us all a little photoalbum that they put together with three or four pictures of Samara - not sure when they were taken but they're really cute and it's a neat keepsake.

Regarding food, I haven't eaten a lot . . . being the picky eater I am. The room service we ordered last night was Chinese -the menu for room service is limited and I actually didn't eat it - I'm glad I brought granola bars. Breakfast is good though and the food is definitely a lot better here in Guangzhou than it was in Beijing (maybe a personal opinion). There are four McDonald's within walking distance from our hotel - haven't gone there yet but I know some people in our travel group have. Tonight we're venturing out to find the Pizza Hut that's fairly close by here - should be ok.

Yes, we are going to visit Samara's orphanage next week. I'm looking forward to seeing where she's been hanging out for the first part of her life. I also have some more questions for the director. In the excitment of the "gotcha moment" you tend to forget specific things you wanted to ask.

Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks again for all your comments and emails. It's been really nice to hear from so many of you.