Hi all

The past two days have been a whirlwind. We started off Tuesday going to back to the Civil Affairs office to complete the adoption registration. The other families had spent the first nights with there new children and seemed to do fine.

We had a miss-communication with our guide Kathy and ended up missing lunch. On thing for sure, you have to keep yourself fed during this process as it is fast moving and draining. I had my first melt down and requested we eat McDonald's. I don't even eat McDonald's in the States but I couldn't eat anymore rice.

After that we made the 5 hour trip by van with our guide Kathy and our driver Tian, to Wenzhou City where Bryce lived to apply for his passport. What a crazy drive. The traffic here is wild. Bryce was pretty restless but made the trip. We rushed to get his photo taken, we rushed to meet with the officials to order his passport then we rushed to visit his orphanage.

It was so great to see where he lived his whole life. The nanny's were very warm and of course hated to see him go. Apparently Bryce is very popular (spoiled) at his orphanage. He is a charmer. When we arrived all of the nanny's and administrators came to see him one last time. We found out that his nick name is "Pounds" which means "Big" in Chinese. The minute we entered the facility, he was off with his nanny's to revisiting his room. They told us that when he moved from the infant room to the toddler room, he would sneak back up to the infant room, he would sneak back up to the infant room for a bottle from his favorite nanny. He was definitely loved.

Bryce slept very little on the ride back, he was very fussy so we stopped to let him walk around. He is a sweet loving child who loves kisses on his cheeks.

Today we rested. We took a walk around a lake and saw the Lotus Flowers in bloom. Very hot but a nice morning for a stroll.

Love you all and thank you for all your prayers.

Shelley & Kim