We had so much fun yesterday at the Civil Affairs office that we decided to go back today. Nan's orphanage director was there and the scene started shaping up similar to yesterday. She snuggled up to the director and wouldn't look at us. The director was talking to her in Mandarin and Nan kept shaking her head. Then suddenly she was back to the girl we got to know the night before. The director left and everything was fine. Our coordinator told us that the director told Nan that since she didn't want her family, was it okay to let another little girl go home with us. Nan told the director that she liked her family just fine and didn't want any other kids to have us. (Apparently they play hardball in China) It's not the approach I would've taken, but the director put her in the position to choose us, and she did. The adoption certificate was signed and Nan's official name is now Brennan Xiao Caldwell.

The director advised us not to visit the orphanage with Nan. Tomorrow Dallas will go visit alone and take pictures of the waiting children and get whatever updates we can.