Day 5 - We officially become a family of 6

Today was our "official" adoption day for Lize (NOTE: We were unable to access our blog for the first few days here so I am posting updates as if they occurred in sequence thus the reason you may see a date of Wednesday when I'm talking about a different day that that). You are given temporary custody of the adoptive child the first day (the Gotcha Day) and then on the next day you have to confirm your desire to adopt your child. We had a little time in the morning to have breakfast and get ready for the day's events. We were off to the provincial office for the adoption paperwork (here's a couple of pictures of the appointment and paperwork:

Signing the papers made us feel great as at that point in time, the Chinese government consideres our daughter. I can't help but think about the birth mother and can only pray that someday she finds some peace of mind in knowing that her act of grace makes her an angel to us bringing one of God's precious gifts, the gift of family.

Only one day into having our girl and we already can make several observations. She's appears to be healthy, has a big appetite, enjoys talking, has a great big friendly personality and is very independent. After the appointment we headed back to the hotel and were able to walk around the general area of our hotel (here's some pictures of that adventure):

Later in the afternoon today, we took trip to Dawn's favorite store in the whole world, that's right - Walmart. This store was huge and is located completely underground. Picture your local Walmart as busy as you ever seen it and multiply it by 10 and that's how busy it was. They carry items you would see at any American Walmart plus the added benefit of carrying some "local" specific favorites. I wonder if Sam Walton envisioned that his dream would spread all over the world. Either way, here's a picture of Lize and I outside the store entrance:

Lize was excited enough to sleep most of the way through the shopping experience. We loaded up on sodas, snacks and water.