Sunday, April 7, 2013

Here she is!

We are now the proud parents of 5 kids and another daughter!! We had a good 2 1/2 hour flight to Fuzhou. We are right on the coast among green hills. It is beautiful here!! This city has a population of about 7 million. It is so much quieter and clamer than Beijing. We got settled into our room and then went for a walk around a lake that is in the middle of the downtown area. Have to take pics of that tomorrow. Our guide is also helping 2 other adoptive families who are not with our agency. One family has their 10 year old son here and they are adopting a little boy,also their 5th child, but 1st adoption I think. They are form Illinois. then there is a family from TX, Houston area, who I think has 2 little girls, this is their 1st adoption and they are adopting a little girl. We look forward to getting to know them more tomorrow. We thought we would be by ourselves here but will be doing things with these two families so that will be really nice. We are already missing all of our new friends from the Bethany group. After our walk we came back to our room to wait for our guide to come back with the money she had to exchange, then we went to a confewrence room to wait for the children to be delivered. The other two families children came first and our daughter was last. Tears just came as they brought her into the room. It is just so amazing! She cried and they had to take pics of her and us for the paperwork. But she stopped crying when we gave her a snack and Naomi played with her. She even played the game like Joshua does of throwing things on the floor, you pick them up then they throw it on the floor again. After we signed some paperwork we came back to our room. She was pretty happy most of the time, even laughing and smiling. She and Naomi are really bonding. We had pizza and Congee (rice porridge) delivered to our room, it was best to just hang out in here with her. We are wanting to be more adventurous this time, but they want us to be careful as there are cases of Bird Flu in the Shanghi area. We tried her bottle and pacifer and she wouldn't ake either, so I rocked her as she cried for "mama" for 20 min. or so before falling asleep. That was heartbreaking! But God is giving us strength and it is part of the process. So who knows how the rest of the night will go! Tomorrow we have to go and finish up paperwork then go to Wal-mart to get supplies. Her size 3 diapers are too big and I think we will need some 6 or 9 mos.clothes as the 12 mos.clothes I brought look too big. I think that is about it for now and I am so tired! Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers!!

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful. I am praying for guys!

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  2. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Congratulations! Can hardly wait to meet her! She is beautiful! so very happy for you all!

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  3. what a blessing to see these photos before we go to church this morning! We are so happy she was laughing and we trust she will bond with you quickly. Love you!

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  4. Booma says: Sad and happy.... Glad you are this far along. Look forward to talking to you at 3:30 on Sunday our time.

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  5. She is beautiful! Following your posts about your trip takes me back a couple years... nice memories. That first night can be a bit rocky, but love will conquer.
    Prayers for a fun and safe trip for all.
    - Lila

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