It's Official

Yesterday, we returned to the adoption registration office to have an official adoption ceremony. In the eyes of the Chinese government, Yunyun is now part of our family.

(Sorry for the blur; dark conditions and no flash allowed)

The office was near Yunyun's old neighborhood and school. She recognized some of the sights.


The office gave her a very nice gift to recognize the adoption and help her remember her hometown.


She seemed very happy and enthusiastic!


Today, we took a taxi into downtown Chongqing to visit the Great Hall of the People, a government assembly hall, and the Three Gorges Museum, a natural and anthropological history museum. The taxi was only about $2 to ride across the entire town (and it ran on clean natural gas), but the driver was a bit grumpy.