He's Officially Ours!

Waiting to do paperwork, almost the
last of it.

I would be much more excited if it meant he is officially home, but today Kathleen took Kellin to Shandong International Adoption Registrar and completed the paperwork to complete the adoption!  Tomorrow (or today their time), they are going to get it notarized I believe.  Then they will be hanging out until it is time to go to Guangzhou to complete the process - basically getting the permission to leave China and enter the US I believe.

All done with that stage!

It sounds like it has been a pretty good day for Kellin and Kathleen.  The best part is - he fussed when he was getting tired of waiting around while paperwork is being completed.  You can't get a more normal kid thing to happen then that!  Kathleen is still struggling to get him to eat more of a variety, but he definitely knows the routine and wants to stick to it.  Even though he downs the bottle very quickly he will refuse a second.  He also doesn't like it when Kathleen tries to sneak other foods into it.  You might wonder how this is done, apparently the hole in the nipple is enormous.  Their guide is going to take him to a store tomorrow to check into some other foods that might be more to his liking.

Interesting cultural difference.  In China, people dress in many layers in the winter, even for temperatures that we (at least in Minnesota) would not consider that cold.  So as Kathleen was out and about today she was getting a lot of looks that Kellin was not super bundled up.  It was 50 degrees F!  I would be wearing a t-shirt!   Oh well, Kellin probably does need to be more bundled up, he is all skin and bones.

Mommy and Kellin play time.

Kathleen and her father have both thought they heard Kellin humming Twinkle Twinkle.  That is the song Kathleen has been singing to him a lot.  Rabbit played it on the piano to him, and he liked that.  I'm glad that music works so well to put him in a good mood.  I love to sing, and I love to play guitar and harmonica!

Otherwise not too much new here at home.  Pretty typical day.  I was back to work.  Pooh was back at his regular daycare, Rabbit and Tigger were back at school.  I thought about not updating the blog today, but I thought a paperwork update would be good.