Visa Medical Exam

Today was a big accomplishment... photos taken for the visa and a required medical check.  Physicians at this clinic see people applying for a visa to the U.S. at 3 stations... ENT, temperature and vision, general medical.  The general physician took a good look at how sister's hand and leg were functioning and took her to a different room to consult with a colleague.  She did not enjoy any of this, but was willing and able to demonstrate her walking and hand use.  She was able to choose two pieces of candy after her tb test and this seemed to make it all worthwhile to her!  She took a well-deserved nap after it was over. 

She was also very well behaved at an all adult (except for her) paperwork meeting this afternoon after her nap.  

All of the families with our agency had a group dinner this evening to celebrate today's accomplishments---no pictures.  Mom was too busy enjoying all of the wonderful food to snap any photos--but you can see sister dressed up in her hat, on the way to dinner. 

Zai Jian, Chengdu...

These pics may be in reverse--having a little trouble with the VPN this time around.  But you can see some of our last activities in Chengdu here... a little swim, a little shopping, a last look out the window, and this part of our family is traveling in different directions for now...we have the paperwork finished to move to our next processing step... in Guangzhou.

Panda Rescue and Breeding Center

 

 

Today our big outing was to the Panda Center.  Beautiful grounds, very peaceful.  Adorable pandas!
You'll see the classic panda as well as a photo of a red panda.  Big brother also took photos of the developmental stages of little pandas for his class--you can see that they are born without their black markings.  

Sissy showed us that she can really experience carsickness--on the way there and back.  See her sleeping in her Ba ba's arms?  She was game for the outing, though--really enjoyed the fish and the bears.  She threw some of her cheerios to the fish.  And since we saw those cheerios again in the car ride soon after, we think giving some (or all) away to the fish was the right decision!

You can also see the adoption registration office sign--did some additional paper work today too. Our last stop before heading back to the hotel was Sissy's finding place.  Bittersweet to see it--but she may be curious about it someday.  It's the third photo down from the bottom.

The evening ended with a pizza. Yum!

Noodles!

A little long, but a very cute noodle video!

Tuesday--Making it Official in the Civil Affairs Office

This morning we visited the Chengdu Civil Affairs Office to make sister's adoption official.  You can see her adding her handprint to the documents.  There is also a cute little split pants photo taken on our drive to the office and finally some scenes of a nice river area in town.  You have to look very closely to see the split pants on this little baby--this is how many Chinese people potty train their babies-from a very young age. 

Gotcha Day!

Today was a wonderful day.  We were able to meet our new sister and daughter in her CWI this morning.  Dad says that the pictures should say it all... She has a personality and temperament that are too sweet and funny to believe! She thinks her brother is really funny!  We can't meet until she meets the rest of her family. 

Made it to Chengdu just fine!

Off to bed to go meet our little one early tomorrow -- stay tuned!...