Adoption Day

It is official! On Tuesday we signed all of the adoption paperwork and received Tru's adoption certificate. We took this photo with (left to right) the notary, the director of public affairs, and the director of Tru's orphange. The director of Tru's orphange had emailed me in March with pictures. We told her how much we appreciated that and she handed us a bag of gifts for Tru. Also, when we sent the care package to Tru in March we had included two disposable cameras and asked them to take pictures of Tru and his friends at the orphanage. The director brought me the cameras and they seemed to have taken many pictures. I hope we can have them developed here!

Here is one version of Tru's frown although this one is not as severe as usual.

Tru was still all frowns this morning. But after a mid-day nap and lots of snacks things began to turn around. He has stopped pushing away from us as much and the stacking cups are still a big hit. He always has a cup in each hand anywhere we go.

We had been trying to find ways to make him smile and laugh so we resorted to silliness. I started putting the cups on my head and would make them fall into his lap. That worked! He thought that was fun. Finally.... some smiles and giggles!

Now that is what we wanted to see!