She's all ours

Zanna slept well our first night. Although the info from the foster family was that she slept in her own crib, she wasn't for it here. She didn't want me going anywhere and so she fell asleep next to me with one arm touching. She woke up once at 2pm and allowed me to sooth her back to sleep and then slept until 7:30 so I was able to get into the bathroom and get ready. Always a good thing. I got more sleep last night than I have since we got here. Tonight we'll see how it goes. She has a bit of congestion so everytime she started dosing off she'd wake herself up because she was having trouble breathing through her nose. I gave her some Dimatapp then and she seems to have settled (again in my bed so I can't be gone long).
This morning was busy - we got on the bus and went to the Civil Affairs Dept where we had to answer some questions like Did we get along with her so far? Did we like her? Do we want to keep her? Will we never abandon her? One couple laughed at some of these questions because of course the answer is yes. The officials were not amused by this and suggested they take this more seriously. Oops. Another couple was repremanded for not having enough clothes on their baby - Chinese custom is that babies are ridicuously overdressed even though it's 70F. When in Rome..... This was followed by a ceremony where one by one we received an official looking document with our families picture on it (without Will of course) with the announcement that the girls were ours! we piled back in the bus and went to the Notary Office and answered similar questions as before. It was all very long for parents and babies. Zanna clung to me all day never wanting to get down. Thankfully the baby carrier I purchased before we left for China is worth it's weight in gold. My arms would be falling off by now if I didn't have that sucker. Even though we know she crawls, she won't for the most part. She doesn't want to get down and play. She cries in my arms but wails in Wayne's. I feel bad for him but he seems to take it in stride and has offered to hold other babies for some of the other parents. He's also excellent at making bottles. It's interesting because every now and then we'll catch short glimpes of her personality as she forgets for a second her situation. Keeping her in the baby carrier I'm hoping will help the bonding as she is so close to me.
Despite our long morning she refused to nap although she continues to eat pretty well. SOme babies are the opposite. She had a quick half hour nap in my arms right before our big, exciting outing - Walmart. Wally World in China, let me tell you is a hoot. She seemed to enjoy herself and we and others in our group got plenty of stares. I guess we stick out like a sore thumb.
So after a long day she is officially our daughter. A few more days in Nanning and then we go back to Beijing on Friday to work on Canadian paperwork.
Our travel group here is great, lots of nice people. The couple with twins is fun to watch as they juggle the two and all their gear. There's an American group here at our hotel to so there are lots of babies.
Better get some sleep myself while I have the opportunity.