Jeremy Says Goodbye to his Home at the Orphanage

Today my mom and dad signed the papers saying they wanted to adopt him and after that we went to the Social Welfare Institute of Nanjing, where Jeremy lived for the beginning of his life. When we got there the nannies where sticking their heads out of the window and yelling Jeremy's chinese name: Shao Tang. It was so cute! I can not imagine having a job like that. You get so attached to the children and then they get adopted and you probably never see them again. It is very sad. My heart was breaking when the nanny from the Half the Sky Foundation (Jeremy's nanny) was saying good bye to him and holding and playing with him. It was so sweet! You could tell that she really loved him and he really loved her. I wanted to cry. And I want to cry as I type this! : (

At the orphanage we got to see where the babies slept and played and also where they played outside. We are very fortunate they let us go into the orphanage. Some orphanages don't let you so we were happy about that. When we got back to the hotel we fed him and ate lunch and then we gave him a nap. he slept for 2 hours straight and then after that we went for a walk around the hotel in the out door mall. It was fun. We bought a few things and then got Papa John's for dinner......again! : )

Tomorrow we are going sightseeing in Nanjing. I think we are going to a famous lake, but i am not sure. Jeremy is doing awesome and so are the other babies of the two other families we are with. WE are trying to put Jeremy to sleep, but he is crying a lot tonight. We do not know why. Poor baby!