Tuesday, October 14, 2008
LOGAN IS OFFICIALLY OURS!!!
And it's our 8th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Last night was a LONG night. Logan fell asleep at 7:30pm just as his orphanage schedule stated. At 9:30pm Brandon and I climbed into bed. 5 minutes later Logan woke up screaming. He wouldn’t calm down so we brought him into bed with us. That makes 4 people in a king sized bed. He tossed and turned all night constantly. I know that he was totally overwhelmed by all the changes that have taken place in his life. I just couldn’t sleep with all the movement. I watched the clock the whole night and at 3:45am Kiah and I got up and Brandon and Logan slept until 6am. I did email for a little bit then watched reruns of Alias until I jumped into the shower at 5am. We made it down to breakfast at 7am. Logan seemed to wake up in a good mood. He didn’t want me out of his sight. At 8am we left for the Civil Affairs office. When we arrived it was packed with families. I was finally able to meet another family that I had been corresponding with for the past couple of months. We sat down to wait our turn when we looked up and saw Luke’s orphanage director! She had come to process an adoption for her orphanage. We waved her over to chat with her and she didn’t know who we were. Even after I showed her Luke’s picture and gave her his Chinese name…. she didn’t remember. I was not surprised… and it really just makes Luke’s story all the more painful. We chatted with her briefly before we were called up to do the adoption paperwork. We were very worried that once Logan saw his orphanage director Ms. Tang and his nanny that he would launch into a crying fit. He didn’t!& nbsp; He sat calmly on my lap and watched the Ms. Tang walk around. When she came to talk to Logan he simply smiled at her. He never cried! When he spotted his nanny in the corner he smiled and kicked his legs. We were able to chat with the Ms. Tang for a while and we discussed our visit to the orphanage on Thursday. We were then able to leave and the nanny watched us from the window. She was wiping her eyes as we got in the van and drove away. Ms. Tang told us that his main nanny loved him very much and she was very upset on Monday morning when he left. She said that his nanny loved him so much that she frequently slept with him because she didn’t want him to sleep alone in a crib. Ms. Tang is setting up a meeting with her during our visit on Thursday.

After the Civil Affairs office we drove to the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It was already very hot outside and we were not dressed appropriately to climb 392 stairs. I wanted to just sit and enjoy the view but our guide Chai wasn’t having any of that. Logan has been glued to my hip since we got him yesterday and he is HEAVY! Chai and I traded off carrying Logan up the stairs. We got some pictures then we were ready to go. The rest of the day was spent walking around town and shopping. By the end of this evening Logan was able to ride in the stroller AND sit in a high chair at Papa Johns! He is easy to feed and will eat ANYTHING. He is a very sweet joyful little boy. We can see why everyone at the orphanage simply loved him. He is opening up more and more and we have only had 1 crying outburst today. He loved bath time with Kiah. Kiah loves playing with Logan and he is captivated by her. We can’t wait to get him home to meet the rest of the family!!!