Jack is officially a LaCroix

Today we finalized our adoption of little Jack and he is now officially a LaCroix! Well at least according to the Chinese Gov't.  He has been officially ours in our minds for quite some time. We spent the morning at two different government offices finalizing the adoption paperwork and after Jack's nap our entire group got in a bus to take a shopping trip to a local grocery store called "Lotus"  It had never been clearer that we were not in CA anymore.  We are not in a city that sees many foreigners, so when a busload of Americans holding Chinese babies wandered into a very busy store we received continuous stares.  The meat, the produce, the seafood, just about everything is so different than we are used to.  I was quite entertained.

On the Jack front, we feel like we learned much more today about him.  It was a day of firsts:

• First bath
• First giggles
• First time reaching for Dad
• First bump on his head
• First tantrum (although very mild and very cute)
• First poop (thank goodness Elise is here for diaper duty - I am going to take some time to adjust to adopted-kid-poo)
• First puke

As you can see we had quite the day.  In retrospect we have probably fed him a little too much.  He seems so hungry and we have been eager to please him, but it seems that this has contributed to upset his stomach.  We are hoping that he does fine this evening and morning as we are planning to make the long drive tomorrow to visit his orphanage, his abandonment site, and Maria's Big House of Hope (Steven Curtis Chapman's orphanage in the same city)  We were all planning on going, but if Jack still is showing signs of tummy probs, then Elise will stay behind with him.

We are really enjoying getting to know Jack more and our love grows daily.  We can't wait to get him home!

Here are our favorite pics from the day:

                                            He loves his bath.  His face totally changes when
                                            he laughs, so cute!

                                           Fun with Mom at the adopting registration office

                                                             More fun at registration

                                                                 Jack is officially ours!

                                                Fun with Dad at the Notary office

                                          Ouch! Jack fell headfirst into the hotel room door
                                        Don't worry Grandma, the swelling subsided quickly

                                                        dried pig or duck carcass anyone?