Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Hannah "Ting Ting" is officially ours






Today was another adventurous day in Nanning. We laid Hannah down at 8:30 last night and Thank the Lord she did not wake up until 6;30 this morning. When she woke up and was drinking her bottle she looked at us as if to say " you are still here" . She is a real thinker.... We had 2 important meetings today for the adoption. The first of which was with the Notary and the second was with the Orphanage directors wife and the civil Affairs office. At the end of these meetings we received our official Adoption papers. Thank the Lord she is now officially our little daughter. The rest of the paper work that we will do next week is for the United States government to get Hannah's Passport and Visa to come home to the USA. When we had our meeting with the orphanage directors wife she told us that Hannah was called Ting Ting at the orphanage and that she liked to ride the rodeo. Just kidding, there were 4 little rocking horses and she told us that the girls like to ride on them. When we put the girls down on the horses we found out that she was not kidding and the girls went to town rocking back and forth and having a ball. Hannah began to come out of her shell after that . We went to Wal Mart ( which by the way is the nicest wallmart that I have ever seen , with 2 stories) and Julie was able to get Hannah to smile and even belly laugh a little bit. The Ladies said that shopping must make her happy. She also had her first bath with us today and we are realizing that althouth she laughed several times today there were many crying times too. We think that we are making progress, but continue to need God's wisdom to know how to love and care for Hannah. By the way Hannah is eating really well for us. She had Congee which is a local version of Cream of wheat , and a smashed up bannana for breakfast. Noah and Abbey - Hannah really likes hugs and kisses and being tickled so you will have alot of fun with her. May God Bless you all. Thanks
Jason , Julie & Hannah

2 comments:

Ben and Melissa said...

Oh my gosh! I love the pics today. I'm so psyched for you guys! Guess what? I have a rocking horse that's like brand new. My kids don't use it... so it's Hannah's now. I love you guys, and love getting the updates. We'll see you soon. BTW... your house is doing fine!
Love you!

michael and mary said...

Hey Ben and Melissa, its Mary.. I didn't want to leave a message on your blog since it looks like it is shared with other people. But, Julie told me (through email) that they can't view their messages on the blog for some reason.. So you guys should email them because I think they check their email everyday. Just thought I would let you know! Hope you guys are doing well!