On the 5th, Mike's birthday, we left Beijng for the city in which we would receive Molly. Our CCAI rep told the hotel it was Mike's birthday, and they brought him a birthday cake - a whole group of employees came to sing to him also... unforturnately, Mike had taken Zach to the pool so he wasn't there to see it.
The 6th, we went to the registration office with the 3 other families in our group to get our children. Much like labor, we were not exactly sure when our children would arrive. Mike and Zach passed the time in the play area, while I nervously watched the door.
Then our sweet girl arrived. She was so brave, she didn't cry much and seemed to accept us alright. Of course, I was in tears. Such a tiny little thing, and so pretty. We then signed gaurdianship papers, and had 24 hours to make sure we had the right child and that she did not have health problems we did not know about. On the 7th we went back to the registration office and officially adopted our little Qiang Sheng Dang - soon to be Molly Qiang Lee.
On the 8th we went to Sanmenxia, the city in which Molly's orphanage is located. We had to go there to apply for her passport. We were asked questions by the passport officials, who were making sure we could support our child. Then we went over to the orphanage. We met her nannies, who told us what a serious girl she is, always thinking. We saw her crib and when I sat her in it she cried. She played one last time with her favorite playmate, who was himselft going to be heading to Sweden next month.
The 9th and 10th were waiting days for us. We had nothing to do except enjoy our children, while our guide collected our notary paperwork on Thur and Molly's passport on Fri.
Saturday afternoon we headed for Nanning to take care of Zach's adoption.
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