the past couple of days

The last couple of days with Mae have been wonderful.  She continues to smile and she is learning to trust us.  She is still very scared at times and seems to be confused (who can blame her).  All in all she is very happy and outgoing little girl.  We could not ask for more!

Yesterday we went back to the Civil Affairs office to sign the official paperwork to make Mae our daughter.  We had 2 interviews.  One with a notary and one with an adoption official.  They were both pretty short and straightforward.  The notary was very interested in Joe's job and asked him a lot of questions about being an attorney.  I think he was just curious and it was fun to talk to him.

Waiting for our interviews.

The notary who interviewed us.

Today we went to the police station to apply for Mae's passport.  We took a quick photo and signed some papers.  We should have her passport in a day or so.

Tomorrow we are visiting her orphanage.  It will be a hard day, but an important one.  We hope it is not too traumatic for her.

I hope to write more soon, but we are strangely tired and worn out these days.  Hopefully I will have more energy tomorrow.