What a great day...today we met and brought Zoe back to the hotel...she is ours

So yesterday (Monday) we got up at around 6:00 am to get ready to meet Zoe.  We traveled to Kunming with another couple, the Phil and Tara from Maryland are also adopting a 2 & 1/2 year old girl. They are a really nice couple who already have two children.  We met the Vong's in the lobby of the hotel at 8:00 am where our guide Nancy who works with Holt took us to a building in the city to complete paperwork and unite us with out children.  After about 30 minutes of paperwork...there they were two little girls...I was speechless. Sonja immediately went to Zoe.  Zoe was quite and a little shy but otherwise was in a very receptive mood...neither of the two girls cried and seemed to be comfortable around their new parents. Really...it was one of the few moments where I was utterly speechless...after 15 months I really could not believe this was actually really happening...it was a very moving moment. Nathaniel and I took a lot of pictures which we will share when we can...

So today...we went to one of the natural wonders in this part of the country...called stone forest...it was really cool.  Apparently at one point the rock formations were under the ocean and now have left all these huge rock formations which you can tour. We went with the Vongs (Phil & Tara and their new daughter Ada). We spent about 1.5 hours there and then had lunch. Both Zoe and Ada were very well behaved.  It was a great time where we could spend time with the kids. So...it has been a great couple of days and I hope to be able to post more in a few days.  Unfortunately...this blog is blocked in China so Phil lent me his computer as he has a way to circumvent Chinese Internet.  Thanks Phil...more to come....thanks for reading our blog....

Oh...by the way...I wanted to wish my father a very happy birthday...tomorrow would have been his 71rst birthday.  Happy Birthday Dad...I miss you...