Day One with Bo

We are now a family of three. Today was amazing, exhausting, frustrating but all in all exactly what I had hoped for. We met Bo in a very unconventional way at the civil affairs office. He walked in the door with the assistant director of his agency and one of his nannies. We hardly recognized him except for his smile, which is the only thing that hasn't grown a ton since we last saw pictures of him. He was a little shy at first but warmed up when we got out the scrapbook we had sent him and showed him that we really were those people and not just some crazy people off the street. He instantly started calling us "mama" and "baba" and talking a mile a minute in Chinese. We spent about 2 hours at the civil affairs office, then an hour at the notary office, then went back to the hotel and hit KFC for lunch, then boarded a van and went 2 hours up to Baoding to get his passport photo taken and to meet with his doctor and learn his care routine. We got back around 6:30 PM and went to eat dinner at the Korean restaurant in our hotel. After dinner we had the first bath and are now watching a Chinese variety show and attempting to wind down. I have so many stories to tell but my head is pounding and it's getting late so I will just post a few photos and then follow up with more detail tomorrow. We have no official visits tomorrow so looking forward to a good day of rest and trying to establish some sort of normalcy in our routine. Just one funny thing that you need to know to truly enjoy the pictures. Bo looked like he had gained 10 lbs when we met him and I was freaking out that nothing we bought would fit. Then when we go him undressed for his bath we found out he was wearing three layers on top and bottom: pajamas inside, quilted pants and then cargo pants on the bottom and a PJs shirt, a fleece jacket, and a snow jacket on top. No wonder he was sweating all day and drinking a ton of water. He fit just fine into the 5T pajamas I got him so he hasn't really gone all chub-a-lub on us. He just looks that way with a ton of clothes on. Good night, I will be much wittier in the morning so stay tuned :)