A little more about Jadyn

First some pictures:

Magical Gerber Puffs, do not come to China without them.

Our flight to Wuhan was quick (compared to UAL nonstop ord to Beijing).  We were met by our guide, Eric who told us there was a change of plans, that we were going directly to Civil affairs to get Jadyn.  Ahhhh.  We had a plan and that order was not a part of it.  So we went to the Civil Affairs office which took an hour in crazy traffic.  When we got there, we were the only family, the office was cool and dark.  We signed an agreement to care for her for 24 hours and then in she came.  We peeked through the office window out into the waiting room at her.  After our meeting, we hung out in the waiting room with her and the director of the SWI, and another nanny.  Jadyn wanted nothing to do with us.  We were given some snacks (junk food), formula, bottle and a few other gifts.  She was brought to us in a cutest ever little velour puffy outfit with a wool sweater on and jammies underneath.  It's 70 degrees here!  We were sweltering for her.  At some point I just picked her up and the guide told her SWI people to leave the room so we could go.  Screaming ensued for about 4 minutes, then she started coming around a little.  We left and in the van, she screamed for another 3 minutes and fell asleep.  She stayed asleep while we checked into our hotel and continued for another hour or so.  Dwayne ran out to get food.

Our guide took care of all our banking, Praise God!!!  I have been praying for these little stressfull details to be handled well, and we were blessed with this answer to prayer.

We played and played and played with stacking cups and a few other toys.  She has this panda that she calls mama.  I think the nanny told her that mama sent it to her.  She does not know who mama is at this point.  We have had many smiles, giggles and belly laughs.  She is doing really great.  This beautiful little one eats nonstop.  She is chubby and round and VERY heavy.  I mention this because she hasn't let Dwayne hold her for more than a second, so I'm bulking up here by the minute. 

Today, we went back to the Civil affairs office to finish up paperwork.  We are now the parents of Jadyn Ying Kuiper, in the eyes of the government of PRC.  We have to stay in Wuhan, Hubei to record the paperwork and get her passport so she can travel. 

We are smitten by Jadyn, and she is beginning to like us more and more. She wanted nothing to do with  the nanny today, and really tensed up when the Registrar and the nanny spoke to her.  I do not think that she knew the nanny very well, because she had been in foster care up until Sunday.

Baba and baby are both napping and soon I will be too.  Enjoy!