Becoming family

Addie has been with us now for 3 days and she's doing great. She is comfortable with us and is happy most of the time. McKenna has been a huge help and loves playing with her new little sister. We've been able to FaceTime a lot with our parents and the boys so they could get to meet her. 

On Tuesday we went back to the civil affairs office to sign the paperwork to make the adoption official. We spent the rest of the day relaxing and letting Addie continue to get more comfortable with us. Chad and McKenna went back to the pool since it was closed on Monday. 

On Wednesday we met up with some Americans that live here in Nanjing that work with an organization here. Chad was introduced to them from someone at home that knew we were coming here. We ate lunch with them in a very cool part of Nanjing called LaoMenDong. It was amazing to hear what the Father is doing in this city and all over China. After lunch we met up with our guide and another Lifeline family and went to the Cloud Brocade Museum and to the City Wall of Nanjing. The history in China is really interesting and especially here in Nanjing. After that we went back to LaoMenDong and had dinner at a great restaurant called Motu Burger.  The Chinese food we've had has been great but it was nice to get a burger and fries. 

For the past week we have been staying in Nanjing but Addie is actually from a city about 4 hours north of here called Lianyungang. On Thursday we will drive there to visit the orphanage she was in. We know that this might be a tough time for Addie (and us) going back to the place she just left but we felt like it was important to see the place she lived for 14 months, meet her caretakers and thank them in person for loving her. It's obvious she's been loved.