Our First Tomorrow

Our first real day together as a family was very hectic, having to complete all the necessary paperwork to apply for Ally's passport. We all started the day early with our driver and guide and went to the Civil Affairs office. Lots of paperwork and pictures . There was another family there who got their baby while we were doing our paperwork........so we got to talk to the for a while and will also see them at the end of our trip for another paperwork day. All the paperwork took the entire morning and we were ready for lunch. We finally got Ally to eat rice and an egg........before today it was just milk and formula. She was hungry, which made me happy. Lindsay is a great helper and a very proud big sister......can't say enough about how much help she is and how excited she is about the entire experience.

Ally is still pretty reserved with us.....we have gotten an occasional smile out of her - and she finds Lindsay very entertaining -- but she's still a bit "skeptical" of us -- especially Michael. Not sure how many men she's been around in her short life, but in this family - she will find out pretty quickly that she and Daddy will become good friends! Looking forward to some good sleep and a more relaxed day tomorrow (nothing we HAVE to do). I do want to get out and see Kunming City, though. We really haven't seen much -- just the streets and offices!