Family Day

It has been a few days since I have had time to sit down and blog. We left Biejing on Sunday to head to Zhengzhou which is the capital of Henan province. We took the high speed train which was an experience to remember. The train station is very very busy and you need to say goodbye to personal space. We had to navigate the train station with our luggage making it even more exciting. Once on the train we cruised to ZZ at 190 mph. In ZZ we made our way to the hotel before a quick trip to Carrefour. We are staying in a hotel away from the group (since we can stay for free) so they booked an Uber for us! Carrefour is similar to Walmart so we made a quick stop to pick up diapers, snacks, formula and a few other things.

October 9 was the big day. We loaded the bus at 9:30am to drive about 20 minutes to the government office where we would meet the kids. Cora was already there with her ayi from Beijing. Her ayi is so sweet and took such good care of her. They brought us enough of her special formula to last until we get back to the US. She was very nervous but we had time to play before leaving since there were 13 adoptions that morning. Colin came in about 15 minutes later and was very happy to play on all of the toys. He had some good snacks and was ready to go.

The first days together have gone as expected. It's a lot of change for Colin and Cora. They are making progress everyday and we are starting to see their little personalities. Ayla and Isaac has been amazing on this trip. They are flexible, happy for the most part and being very kind to their new siblings. With that said they do enjoy time in the "big kid only" room.

We are now the Duncan 6!