Today's The Day!!

Where to begin?! Today has been a day (so far) filled with many emotions.  First there was nervousness, then excitement, then some more nervousness, finally pure joy.

The morning started out meeting our group so that we could travel to the place where we would meet our children. We were driven to a government building about 15 minutes away from the hotel. In the lobby of this building was were the exchanges would be made. There were two other families with us from our group. When we arrived, the children were not there which only added to the nervousness. Since it was a nice day and the front doors to the lobby were propped open, we all paced in and out, watching intently as each car/van drove into the parking lot. About 15 minutes after we got there, the first child arrived. Not ours. It was a little hard to watch as this child cried a lot. Reality set in at this point for us, but the family handled it well as this was their second adoption. About 15 minutes later, another van pulled up. Again, not ours. This exchange went a lot smoother as the child didn't cry at all. This family was also on their second adoption. OK now our turn. Another 10 minutes pass and we get word that Q would be here in 10 more minutes. We went outside and prayed together. Right on time, an SUV comes whizzing in parking lot. Surely this isn't the vehicle carrying our child - they're driving way too fast. A young Chinese man hops out, goes around to the passengers front seat and pulls out a tiny toddler. He comes up to us and asks, "Liang Qi Ying"? He givers her to B and the waterworks begin (for both of them), but it was all good. After about five minutes, the crying ended as snacks were brought out and the eating began. Papers were signed, pictures taken and a quick bus ride back to the hotel - everything was good.

Once in the room, we broke out a few toys and started to see some smiles and hear giggles. A quick bath and new set of clothes made it even better. Tried to put her down for a nap, but she didn't sleep. I'll stop with the play-by-play for now and post some of the many pictures that were taken today. Just know she is doing well and the bonding seems to be going good too.

The only downer is she has a low-grade fever and cold so she needs cough medicine which she doesn't like. She knew exactly what it was when we tried to give it too her and fought it. One more thing, she is tiny. She weighed in at a whopping 15 lbs!!
Thanks for all of your prayers and comments on the blog & Facebook. Enjoy the pics.

God's Blessings to you!!
S & B

The new addition at the govt. bldg.

Q all prettied up after a bath.

Mommy's being funny.

Hi!!

Fun in the hotel play room.

I might be small, but I can do stairs (w/ daddy's help).

Ni hoa!