Post-Placement Visit (1 month)

The paperwork never ends.  We had to get right on the post-placement visit paperwork, gathering copies of documents: visa, passport stamp, adoption decree, Chinese birth certificate, 8 current photos in PDF format, cover letter on Chinese government form, and typed statement about everything about Willow Hao Yu and her new family.

It was hard to accomplish and still entertain children.  Catherine Burke (pictured on right) was our social worker from America World who did our post-placement visit and wrote the report.  The report goes to China, and is very important.  Our next post-placement report will be at 6 months.  Catherine had a lot of good advice for us about easing Willow's fears about losing her new family, and anxieties about not getting enough to eat.