Quietness....

I was on-call this past weekend so we spent a lot of quiet time around the house.  Since it was too hot to be outside for most of the day, we spent some time cooking...

 

 

And cleaning.  Cadie loves to pretend to be just like "mama" and roll out the vaccum or fire up the stove to cook something, usually soup that she spoon feeds to the "babies" and daddy.  

On Monday, we went to the county courthouse to file papers to get Cadie registered with Orphan's Court so that we can get a birth certificate with us listed as her parents.  Cadie was a trooper while I talked to the kind lady helping us.  She just sat in the chair "drawing" and snacking on apples!  She greeted everyone that came in with a "Hi"  and everyone that left with a "bye bye" while we were there.  She's getting to be quite the charmer....

We decided not to have a formal ceremony with the judge, since we feel Gotcha Day is really the day we want to celebrate with Cadie.  So, a few photocopies, some paperwork, and several signatures later, we are finally done!  Well, until our next China update is due in December.  At least we can check this one off this list!