Day Two

Day 2 with Siena started out very busy.  We had to meet the bus at 8:30a.m. to go back to the Social Welfare Institute (SWI) to finalize the adoption.  We were there about an hour where we were interviewed about our intentions to adopt, put our thumb print across all of our signatures and they took a footprint of Siena's and stamped it on the paperwork.  The process was kind of neat but the building was not air conditioned and all of us were extremely hot. 

We then got back on the bus (which does have AC!) and went to the Notarization Office to get our paperwork notarized.  We were back at the hotel by 11:30a.m. and Siena was sacked out.  We put her down for a nap thinking she would wake up shortly because she was hungry but she slept until almost 3p.m. and we had to wake her up.  We had snacks and played with her and met up with some of our travel group buddies. 

Siena responds very well to food, music, the other babies and light up toys.  She really came out of her shell this afternoon and started to dance to some music and would "yell" in delight when she saw her friends Ivy and Kiana.  It was fun to watch. 

One of the best parts of today was at SWI one of the orphanage nannies was there and was willing to take questions.  While we were standing in line waiting for our interview she was standing next to us and talking with Siena.  She kept calling her "Lei Lei" which we have now found out is her nickname that the nannies and foster mom used  with her.  She had also brought us some more of Siena's belongings and a photo album of pictures of the outside of the orphanage, her playing and with her foster mom.    Many of these photos we have never seen before.  Siena responded very well to the nanny and loves her photo album.  She keeps flipping through the pictures. 

Tomorrow is shopping day!  What this means is we get on a bus at 10a.m. bound for Walmart.  I am not the biggest Walmart fan but I am very curious to see what one in China looks like as well as stock up on supplies like water and snacks. 

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