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Hi Everyone,

First of all, let me say how thankful I am for all of your support and prayers. WE feel them here and all of your comments mean so much to us—so please continue to comment. Mia is adjusting so well. We never expected her to adjust like she has. She is just a pleasant, happy and adorable baby. We feel so blessed.

First let me talk about the greatest moment of the day- waking up to see that Mia had slept through the night!!!! It was great!!! We put her down a little late at about 10pm last night. She fussed a tiny bit (like 5 seconds) and I ignored it and she fell back to sleep immediately. At about 7am this morning I woke up and looked over and she was still asleep. A few minutes later I looked and her little feet were in the air and she was kicking so I went over and she gave me a big smile and she was up for the day. It was great and we were so pleased it was that easy. We just put her down for tonight so we will see how that goes—hopefully well.

After we woke up, Mia had a bath and we all just enjoyed ourselves. We played and she talked and then we went to breakfast. She is still not taking a bottle even though we changed to a Chinese bottle but she does eat steamed egg and rice congee so she is getting nutrients. She also loves cheerios so we are shoving those in her also. After breakfast we went back to the civil affairs office where we got Mia yesterday and had to do the official paperwork that made us Mia’s parents in the eyes of China. It went really well and WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY MIA’S PARENTS ACCORDING TO CHINA!!!! There were a ton of other families there doing the same thing so we were able to talk to all of them about their babies. Of course, Mia is the youngest baby there and it looks like she is adjusting very well in comparison to many of the other babies we saw. Most other moms were saying that their babies did a lot of crying and were having a hard time (which is what is expected). Mia on the other hand is doing very well and has not had a hard time at all. We can defiantly tell a difference between yesterday and today in that she is giving us a ton of smiles and they were minimal yesterday. She is clearly bonding with us. She has also been fussy at times but her fussy is so minimal compared to what I was use to with the boys (love you both), it is really not bad. She has not pooped yet and I know she is gassy so hopefully it will happen tomorrow and her tummy will feel better.

Back to the day. After the Civil Affairs Office we came back to the hotel and played and relaxed with Mia. We enjoyed just hanging out and getting to know her. Like I said, she is much more smiley today and is really bonding well. She took a long nap today (2 hours) and her mom and dad decided to join her in that activity so we all woke up and went to dinner with some friends at the hotel. We relaxed at dinner for a while and now here we are. It was a basic day of bonding and we enjoyed every second of our time with her.

So, besides being the cutest baby in the world, she is also the happiest baby in the world. We keep getting comments from people about how cute and happy she is—that also is scientifically proven now 