She is a Sorteberg

We spent the morning with local officials finalizing the adoption and getting FuMei's Chinese passport. So it is official--with a few red tape things to take care of tomorrow. We had a good morning--a little tension between FuMei and the boys--she is not used to sharing. Yet yesterday I was amazed to see her making sure that everyone in the room when we were picking her up, got one of her M&Ms. Anyway, all is well. We spent the late morning buying gifts for the orphanage at a local market which we hope to bring to tomorrow. It is an hour and a half away and we hope to see where FuMei was left as an infant, at the back door of the local hospital, see the orphanage at least from the outside and hopefully get some more information about FuMei. The director said he would look for a picture of her before her surgery and the add that they placed in the paper after she was abandoned. We will see what they can produce. Our main hope is just to see something of where she has been living since she was born.

We had noodles for lunch at a nearby shop and FuMei again ate well. Yesterday she said she was unable to use chopsticks and ate with a spoon. Today she was determined to eat with chop sticks. Must be hard to be the only Chinese among a group of non-Chinese who doesn't use them. By the time we were done eating she had mastered it. She is a master at using the squat toilets--she would be proud of herself if she could see the rest of us struggling. We hope to master that too and make her proud before we leave! :-)

She is so cute and fits in so well with the family. She is right now hugging the girls after initiating a hug with Lynn.