We arrived in Hangzhou on Sunday. It is a beautiful city. Our hotel is within walking distance of a huge lake. It is nice to see green grass and flowers. Monday morning we left for the Civil Affairs Office to meet Mia. It was so exciting to know we were finally going to meet her. When she arrived in the building she was sleeping and wearing all pink from head to toe. They put her in my arms and we just admired how pretty she is. Then I tried a few bows in her hair. She slept for 45 minutes or so and just looked around at everyone in the room. Our first day with her was wonderful. She was pretty quiet and such a good girl. She just played on the bed in our room.
On Tuesday, we went back to Civil Affairs Office to pick up the adoption certificate. Yeah! Our afternoon was free to get to know each other. We went on a walk to the grocery store. The grocery store is connected to a mall full of only SHOE stores. Mia needed a few pairs of shoes.
She took a few steps in the room after her first bath.
Wednesday, we went to Water Town an old China town about two hours away from Hangzhou. It rained the whole time. :( The buildings were really neat. We were able to learn more about Chinese culture.
Mia has really been walking around the room. She has crawled and babbled a little bit. When we are around other people she is pretty quiet and shy. People from Hangzhou will come up and talk to her in Chinese. They tell her how pretty she is and smile. We have an interpreter with us most of the time. There are not many English speaking people in this city.
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