It's official!

It’s official! Teagan became legally our daughter today. We started off our day with more…..yes! you are correct! PAPERWORK! Part of that paperwork made our adoption official today.

Teagan slept through the night and woke up around 7 am.  After a full bottle , she was ready to go! Here she is, above and below, before we left for our paperwork with the stacking cups.

 

In the lobby, we saw Grace and her family. Grace was one of the 3 babies from Angel Home that was adopted this week in our group. Teagan literally ran to Grace and put her hands on her leg and started babbling.  Grace then reached into her snack mix container, and started feeding Teagan her snack mix! It was very touching to see the girls knowing each other and being happy to see each other. And Grace's kindness to feed Teagan!

 

We actually returned to the same government office to do some of our paperwork. Perhaps not the best plan to return the babies to the same spot today after an exhausting and emotional day for the babies (and adults), but maybe there are reasons that I don’t understand as to why it needs to be this way. They have a play area, and Catherine, Teagan and the other girls spent some time together there.

After that, it was back to the hotel for lunch and swimming for Catherine, and lunch and naptime for Teagan.   She spent most of her time at lunch banging chopsticks on the table, trying to eat my sushi rolls and squishing them, and rubbing her eyes.

While she was napping, Jason and Catherine joined some other families for a trip to the Lotus Center for shopping for water, squeaky shoes, and other essentials. Catherine selected a very cool drum and Marengo set for  Teagan. 

When she woke up from her nap, she looked and me and gave me her foot. This made me laugh since last night I kissed her foot before I put her to bed as a game She is a lot more active today than yesterday and has more interest in exploring. She will let me rock her to sleep as she did today on the bus after our paperwork, and she likes to walk to Jason for hugs. She smiles anytime Catherine walks in the room.  When she smiles, her whole face lights up.

The hotel set up a playroom for our families, so we visited the playroom when Catherine and Jason came back. Catherine and I practiced heading balls, and Teagan and Catherine played in the ball area.

After that it was dinner time and then off to bed.  We ran into some of our group in our hallway, including the girls from Angel Home. Teagan clearly loves both these girls, and vocalizes more than normal when she is around them.  Did I say yet how much I love our travel group? 

Some other notes on Teagan today -  she really likes different games – such as imitating us clapping and snapping our fingers or handing us things etc.  I think this day wore her out and getting used to us too - Teagan was so tired she went to bed after only 1 ounce of bottle. She is having a hard time getting enough liquids in. I know with cleft it is hard, but it's harder than I thought it would be for her, even with special cups and bottles. It's so hot here, that she is sweating a lot, so I need to think about how to give more liquid.

These last photos are right before bedtime. She was shaking the toys Catherine got her and saying "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma." How great is that?! I am not sure she was actually saying words with meaning or  just babbling. Babbling something clearly at this point is just fine ! I have a very sweet video of this, but am not sure how to post it.