We're getting ready for bed and just wanted to end the day by posting that according to the People's Republic of China, the adoption is final and Wei Ming Su is now Emily Mei Snyder.
Today, we went back to the orphanage and met with the director in which we paid the "mandatory" donation fee of $3000 in US dollars in which the cash had to be in new and perfect condition. Also, an announcement fee of 960 rmb (yuan) was paid. We're not really sure how the announcement is served and for what purpose. It was not explained to us, but we weren't really interested either at this point to ask. The director then gave us a goody bag which contained a certificate finalizing the adoption, a little painted figurine of a boy made of mud, and most important, a journal for Emily. The journal is written in Chinese and we'll need to have it translated. Also, there was a record of her immunizations and a little red silk banner with the orphanage emblem.
After we left, we stopped by the notary office to verify our information that is being submitted for Emily's passport. She will be issued a Chinese passport under her Chinese name and will be using this to travel back home with us. We should be getting this either Friday or Saturday.
We stopped by another market to pick up some things. I was able to get a microphone headset to use on the computer. We've been able to use Skype on the internet to call back to the states at only 2 cents a minute. It's been very convenient.
We stayed in tonight, I uploaded some more of the pics that Ana has taken, not even half. And we ordered in pizza again.
Everyone's in bed and I'm about to call it a night. I can barely keep my eyes open. Tomorrow is the last day of the Chinese new year celebration. We'll be probably going around and do a little shopping.
We've arranged for use of one of the wedding cars on Friday to go out and visit the community/residence in which Emily was found. We learned that it's about an hour or so outside of the city.
No pics for the blog tonight, they're on Ana's camera and I'm too tired to copy them over.
Be sure and check out flickr. The link is below. I'll continue to post until we have every pic that was taken on our trip.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnysnyder
More later. Goodnight, or should I say good morning?
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