He's warming up!

Zachary must have been exhausted after his long day traveling to meet us. After sleeping 11 hours in his crib, we had to wake him so we could get ready to go to our appt at the Civil Affairs Office. The appointment went very well this morning. We got all the documents signed and application submitted for his Chinese passport.

After that we got to experience Walmart. Let's just say that it is comparable to the Walmart's in the US!

We have gotten the chance to play a few more games with Zachary (rolling the ball, peek-a-boo with his book). We have seen some more smiles and lots more eye contact. He tried to teach Mom & Dad a new game this morning, which involved throwing his little truck and then having us chase after it ;)

He loves to be held. In fact we basically hold him all the time except when sleeping or eating. That allows us the chance for some good bonding. He is an excellent eater! He probably was only allowed a limited amount of food at the orphanage, so now he is in heaven eating as much as he can. We are trying to figure out how much to let him eat at each meal. He basically eats anything we are eating and drinks from a bottle.

At lunch today we ate at a Shanghainese restaurant in the hotel. They must have thought we were making a mess at the meal because they brought us 3 wet wash clothes and a pair of plastic gloves (must have thought it was strange that mom used her hands to feed him at times).

By the end of the day, Zach was showing a lot more personality, pointing and squealing, babbling on about everything he was seeing and doing and lots of eye contact.

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD" (1 Samuel 1:26-27).