What You've All Been Waiting For

This was one crazy, busy, wonderful day.  We left our hotel at 4:45 a.m., landed in Nanchang at 9:50 a.m. and arrived at the hotel at 10:45ish to a waiting baby.  It was crazy fast and really actually fairly smooth.  We watched her across from the lobby as we waited for our guide to check us in and then went to the back room to meet her.  She was handed to me almost immediately and made no peep.  When she started to cry just a little they said she was hungry as her last bottle was at 7:00 a.m., gave us some formula (for us to pay for later), some papers and our guide told us to go to our room.  We had to leave in less than two hours for our first of the three adoption appointments for today.  Now I want to give you details, etc. but I know at this time you are so not interested...and I only have a few minutes to spend at the computer at a time.  She is quite content with Daddy, but I am not content to not be staring at or holding her.

So here is our absolutely amazing, beautiful, fantastic, and wonderful new baby girl...Sweet Pea:

Pretty sad and mellow that first hour.  She quietly waited while Daddy prepped her bottle.

Facetiming with the kids back home so they could meet baby sister.  She wasn't too fond of the bottle, but loved the cheerios.

Waiting for our first appointment

Still pretty solemn, but we did get our first smile by tickling her tummy like the Orphanage Director did while we were waiting for our interview.  She has the most adorable giggle ever!

Room service congee and a new toy. 

Then an hour of fantastically happy play time.  She'd giggle and we'd giggle.

It was the best day ever.  Oh, we just all adore her. 

Maybe tomorrow or sooner if she sleeps well and I don't, I'll post some more details...but I'm sure these pictures will tide you over.  Who wouldn't love staring at that sweet face?*

*By the way, I actually held her the majority of the time, but somehow I seemed to like the pictures I took of the day better than my other choices... 

** More pictures from our first day together can be found in a follow-up blog post here.