Day 4

GOTCHA DAY!!!!

Well we now have a new addition to our family!! And she is precious! We went with Nancy our guide to the Civil Affairs Office today, around 1030 and we met Lilly for the first time. Her nanny, the orphanage director and 2 other people were there. They handed Lilly over to us and she just stared -- she looked both of us straight in the eyes and had a look on her face like "what/who are you?" -- but all was well - no crying (well, except for Alicia). Lilly's nanny really seemed concerned for her, which is a very good thing. I think that would be the hardest job in the world.

We brought her back to our room and she played with us. At this point she still can't stand or walk, but honestly the amount of clothes she was bundled in, there would be no way she could have stood anyway. In Chinese culture they believe in many layers of clothing for infants/todlers. Lilly couldn't really even put her hands together until we got her home and changed her outfit.

So she is just beautiful/wonderful/amazing -- she didn't cry at all the entire time we've had her so far. She hasn't been eating as much as they said she typically eats and she does have a little cold, but other than that she is perfect. She went down for a 2 hour nap this afternoon and went to bed tonight with no problems. Everything has been so smooth sailing so far that we are worried about this evening -- it can't be this good. Hopefully she sleeps thru the night!

Well in the morning we need to meet with Nancy who will take us over to have things finalized here in her Province. This appointment is pretty early, so, look for tomorrow's update, I'm sure there will be more pics!!!!