His name is officially in the Golden Book

Friday, Sept. 12th
We woke up this morning, had breakfast and were ready to go by 9am.  We were going back to the doctor to redo the form the doctor had filled in incorrectly.  It took a couple of hours waiting for the doctor to see us and then sign it.  After succeeding with that, we had lunch at a lebonese restaurant called Chez Simon.  Arouna ate in a high chair and had had schwarmas for lunch (one of Roberts favorite things from growing up in Africa).  We returned to the guesthouse for naps.  Unfortunately because of another diaper blowout, Arouna never went to sleep.  We had to change him and give him a bath this time which really woke him up.
At 4pm, we had an appointment at Social Action for the official signing of the Golden Book.  This is where all adoptions are recorded in Burkina.  We have our own page where Robert wrote in it his
gratitude for the adoption and then we signed it, traced Arouna's hand and then our family picture was glued in the book.  The director asked us many questions.  A neat thing happened in that there was a french film crew there doing a documentary on international adoption.  They asked our permission to film the whole ceremony and we said yes.  The film will be shown in the winter in France and Germany.  After the ceremony, we gave the director of social action a small gift and then a small gift to our social worker, Adiara.
Afterward, we went to where Ruth and Linda and another family are staying to have dinner.  We had lasagna, salad and bread.  Arouna had mashed potatoes and banana.  We came back home, gave Arouna another bath and put him to bed.  I've been listening to him talk for the last hour in his bed.