It's official

We can finally say we are a family of 6!!!! Zhao En Hao is officially

 

Caleb Aaron Hao Prevost

Today started off at 9am meeting Cindy and heading back to the Civil Affairs office where we needed to do a red inked finger print over all our signatures and one right next to a red hand print of Caleb's. I wish we got to keep it but at least we got pictures. We then were given the document that says he is ours forever. No judge, no court, not even a question asked. We just walked over to a lady who signed it, handed it to us and said congrats and thank you for adopting an orphan. That was it! We then headed to a notary office where we signed a ton of papers. To be honest I don't really know what we all signed, kind of like when you sign for a mortgage. They just kept saying....sign here and here ...... One I do know was to state the document of adoption we just were handed was true and official.

Then back to the hotel we headed. Caleb was exhausted. He is now napping and Ben went to the gym. Tonight is a free night and we are hoping to find a restaurant to go for dinner. Tomorrow morning we are heading to Swallow's Nest. It was the first foster home Caleb stayed in and it is right here in Zhengzhou.

I'll leave you with some facts about Caleb----

**he can steal anyone's heart

**he loves, loves talking to himself in the mirror....it is so funny

**his skin is crazy dry and he itches it all the time :(

**he loves books

**he will eat everything and anything

**he favors daddy over mommy most times

**his laugh is contagious

**he gets tired super fast with any activities and sleeps SO sound

** he is so funny when he imitates me dancing or I just look that crazy when doing it

Facts about Ch*na

**kids 3 and under wear split pants and just squat in the middle of the sidewalk to do their business.....they don't wear diapers under them. We saw a little girl today it just blows my mind.

** there was a rooster just walking around the sidewalk to town.

** everybody smokes and all the girls wear skinny jeans with boots

** in ZZ motorcycles drive on the sidewalks. Even our guide said it was just plain crazy. Oh also if there isn't a place to park on the street...no problem...just pull up on the sidewalk and park

** no yield signs or stop signs in Ch*na. I tell you every time we get in the van or taxi I say a prayer that we make it safe and don't kill anyone ..lol

** you won't go 30 sec without someone beeping at another car or bike or person walking.

** because there are too many cars in China every day they assign 2 numbers. If your license plate ends in one of those numbers you can not drive it. The day of the week your number is changes every 3 months.

** people just hold their infants/ kids in their lap on motorcycles or in the car. Their are no car seats and no one uses seatbelts or helmets. By law seatbelts only have to be installed in the front seats.

** you don't tip at restaurants and you all pick a dish which is put in the center of the table. Everyone takes some food from each dish.

Thursday we are going to the Henan Museum to learn specifically about his province. We love learning all about Caleb's heritage but at the same time I am ready to be home. Love you Nathan, Katie and Ana!!!