It's Official!

Sent March 7th, 8 am, China-time

This was all I got written yesterday that didn't disappear, but I thought I would send it anyway. Kaleb is now a Wagner! We spent about 3 hours at the Civil Affairs Office finalizing the adoption paperwork, getting things notarized, taking pictures, interviews, and waiting. Now all that is left is getting us home! Which means a passport for Kaleb from his province, then a Visa from the American Consulate in Guangzhou.

 

While we were waiting, Kaleb was pouring on the charm and having fun playing with the two ladies from the orphanage in his city. We love his laugh - it's very contagious. He also seems to have 'attached' to us already. He seemed very quiet and concerned on the trip with our guide to the Civil Affairs Office and didn't want anything to do with anyone but 'momma' (me) and 'babba' (David) at first. Another little girl at the Civil Affairs Office today was really crying - she had been up all night too. She may have had an ear infection. Kaleb was very concerned about her - it was sweet.

 

This morning Kaleb woke up with stuffed nose, congested cough and 102 temp. So we're staying put and cuddling today. Which is great by us - but we hate the reason for it. Please pray for him not to get worse. The ladies at the Civil Affairs Office were concered that we didn't have him bundled well enough since he's been weakened by his 'heart condition'.  We did have him in two shirts and a coat and a hat with a hood. It will be interesting what the doctors here will have to say about his health. I'm pretty sure he just has a mild cold right now, his appetite is still good :) The computer here is wonderful to have, but pretty slow. We also keep 'losing' the things we write you each day. Which is a bit of a bummer. So I really am not sure what you know and what you don't know. Because we did tell you :)

 

The pants that Kaleb was falling out of yesterday were size 2T. I have him in 24 Month sweat pants today and they actually fit him about right. He's extremely tiny obviously. Little feet and hands. He's very smart and has pretty good dexterity - likes to take things apart already and quite the talker! He was singing last night, "Wo mamma", which we think means "My mamma".  Precious words to both of us. David has taken care of all the laundry. He washed it in the tub last night and hung it up to dry. He's also trying to blow dry some of it with the bathroom dryer and iron it the rest of the way dry. We've been getting lots of sleep since he's used to sleeping with it dark, and we lay down with him and fall asleep - at 8 p.m.! He usually gets
up at 7.

 

This email has taken really longer than normal to write with the little guy crawling all over me and trying to type, etc. So I'm going to cut it short here. We'll try to write more later. 

 

P.S.  By 'Doctors here' I meant doctors in the United States. We don't plan to go to doctors in China unless really necessary.