Tuesday, October 11, 2016

He's a Jarrett!

Today we spent going building to building finishing up adoption paperwork. We started with our adoption certificate which made Joey officially a Jarrett. The guy signing the certificates said in Mandarin which was then translated to English... "From today on, you are this boys parents". We gladly accept!

After we had the adoption certificate we had to go get Joey's picture taken for his passport then go to the government office to apply for his passport. We just spent a lot of the day going place to place!

We had a few power struggles today, but we've expected these! Joey likes to run off and when I chase (to try to keep him from going into traffic or something!) he thinks it's funny. We've had to get pretty stern with him which led to some crying but he gets over it pretty quickly. He has also been hitting when he gets mad so we're trying to deal with that too. When we yell at him he folds his arms across his chest with a "Uuggg" and glares from the tip of his nose. One of the other adoptive moms asked me how we are going to discipline him when he is so stinking cute, lol. He is definitely going to keep us on our toes!

He's definitely a little sour patch kid though. So stubborn at times then 2 seconds later he's sweet as pie. We just love him and Jeff and I just look at each other when he's being so sweet and silly and we just smile. This kid has the ability to change the world one person at a time <3 He waves at anyone who will look at him too!

We had the funniest thing happen when we were sitting in a waiting area at the one government building. There was a Chinese lady sitting in front of us and Joey decided he was going to poke her in the back to try to get her attention. I was trying to get him to stop because I didn't want her to get annoyed with him. Telling him to stop made him want to do it more of course, so eventually she turned around and looked at him. With perfect timing he smiled at her and pointed to Jeff accusing him of being the one who was poking her. It was classic and we were cracking up laughing, which of course made him want to continue poking her so we had to pull ourselves together pretty quickly. Lol. This boy <3

We were able to go to a classic Chinese restaurant for lunch, with our guide this time so she could order for us, and it was pretty good. Joey LOVES to eat and Jeff recorded him eating because he eats...well....like he's from China. Lol It's so funny to watch him.

After lunch and some more office visits we came back to the hotel for a quick nap then went across the street to walk around in the mall for a little while. It was overall a really good day, again!

Tomorrow we will go to a park in the morning then visit Joey's orphanage and Foster family in the afternoon. This is a day that I am in a way dreading. I'm so happy to learn more about where he comes from and meet the people that have loved him, but very afraid that he will see them and want to stay then we will have to pull him away. Please pray for his heart tomorrow. And for me and his Foster Momma!

Goodnight from China!

~Tammy

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