He's Ours!

It is official, Evan is our son. We finished up all of the Chinese adoption paperwork today. We had to go back to the civil affairs building and to the police station to finish it all but it is finished. Chongqing does a special ceremony when everything is all done and they hand you your child's "red book". It really was very special and I'm glad we had an option to buy pictures from them. They had someone taking pictures while the ceremony was taking place. We did have to go to the police station and wait for about an hour so they could issue Evans Chinese passport at the end of the week. Seemed like forever. Evan became pretty quite when we all loaded the car for the civil affairs office. Then it became apparent he was nervous. He had a hold of Taylor's hand and was not letting go for anything. The assistant director came into the room and approached Evan. He let go of Taylor's hand and waved to her. He thought he was going back. He looked so sad. We did our ceremony, paperwork and left to go to dinner. When we all went back to the car you could see him relax again. We took him to McDonald's for dinner. He loved it except I'm thinking he is going to only like ketchup only on his burgers. I wasn't about to try and explain that one. ;) You should have seen him open up while we were there. It was amazing. It was like he could relax. He was giggling and pointing things out. Was a bit too shy to go play on the playground even though he really wanted to. When we returned to the hotel both he and Taylor had to go to the bathroom. I told Taylor to run to the room and go. My thinking was by the time we arrived at the room she would be done and Evan could go. Well Evan and Taylor raced towards our room with one boy giggling all the way. It was way too sweet for words. So now the both race to see who is going to make it there first. Last time Evan was hiding around the corner in front of our door and tried to pop out and scare Bob. I'm telling you this boy is sweet! He loves Taylor and I truly believe it is because of the young lady that helped him in his class. Evan watch a bit of Signing Time DVD today and picked up the signs fast! Awhile later he was watching a cartoon and there was an airplane in it and he started signing plane to Bob. He is learning really fast. Leslie, the toy he is playing with in yesterdays pictures is a little flashlight that casts a picture on the wall or a seat. He loves that toy. Mickey Mouse is a big hit with him. The measurements the orphanage sent is dead on. The clothes we brought fit him great. We're off to bed. I hope we can all sleep past 4am. Evan was up at 5am and I think it was because of us. Tomorrow will be another day where Evan may be a bit unsure. We will tour the outside grounds of his orphanage with the possibility of the inside. Please keep us in your prayers. Thank you for all who have been emailing and leaving comments! They mean the world to us.