So, More Paperwork

Gracie woke up around 7:30 this morning. She pretty much slept through the night. She stirred a few times, but she fell right back asleep.

No poopy diaper yet.

We had breakfast with a bunch of the other families this morning in the hotel. The Chinese don’t really distinguish breakfast from other meals, so there were breakfast foods as well as food that we would associate with dinner.

Gracie at a lot at breakfast this morning. Note to self: the highchair both holds a child in one place and also keeps the dropped food from hitting the floor. Get a highchair at the next meal.

We had a meeting this morning and did more paperwork in preparation for three appointments we have tomorrow. Mainly, it was filling in our names and signing papers, but we also have to put our thumbprint next to each signature.

Tomorrow, the are appointments are:

1. We go to the Adoption Center and do the registration formalities for the adoption.

2. We then go to the notary office to notarize the adoption.

3. We go to the public security department to apply for Gracie’s passport.

We were told that all of the appointments will take up about three hours.

On Thursday we will get the notary papers back, and then on Friday we will get the passport. Once we have those we can travel to Guangzhou to start the process for the American side of the adoption.