Monday September 19, 2011
WOW!! What an amazing experience, much different than being in labor but the happiness, joy and love you feel when it is all over is much the same. She is a beautiful, petite and very curious of all her new surroundings. We received her at about 11:00am at Children's Adoption Bureau Building. There was approximately 6 other families there in a room and they brought our babies in one at a time. They were all from different orphanages in Hunan province. McKenzee is from Chenzhou about a 4 hour drive from Changsha the capital city of Hunan. We were told the she came to Changsha by the bullet train this morning which took about 70 minutes. Their was another little girl about 16 months old from McKenzees orphanage that was referred to a momma from Denver. It was very loud at the time of referral from the babies crying, and there was a 4 year old little girl being adopted and she was very upset and very loud crying. It just broke your heart to think what that little girl was thinking and feeling. McKenzee came to us with no problem, she didn't cry, but took a little while for her to warm up and look at us instead of thru us. We left the C.A.B. building and went to grocery store to get formula and baby supplies we needed and then we went back to the hotel for the rest of the day to play and bond with our little girls.
She still has not cried at all, I guess after 14 months she has learned it doesn't do her any good to cry so why bother. When she gets upset she kind of gets a pouty lip but that is it. It is so sad because you can tell she has learned to comfort herself, she has alot of self soothing habits. She fought her sleep hard today. I don't think she wanted to miss out on anything going on around her. Well thank the lord she slept thru the night. She went down at 9:30pm and it is about 5:00am and she is starting to stir. So I will try to attach some pictures of the day and if they won't attach I will try again later.
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| Forever In Our Arms! |
Daddy's Little Girl
Mommy's Sweet Angel
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| Brotherly Love |
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| Us with orphanage staff |
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| Yes, I bathed her when we got home. She Loved it |
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| Her First BOW!!!! |
YEAH!!!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!!! Thought about you guys ALLLLLLLLLL day knowing that your world has forever changed today. SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!! Savor every moment and suck up every ounce. Each day, each second is a new discovery. Oh, so very happy for you guys!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRADULATIONS!!! By your description of the day it sounds like although it was busy and loud in the room it was magical and full of magical moments. Like the moment as her Mom you put on her first bow. It looks and sounds like all your effort and the very long wait has paid off and you have a beautiful little girl.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!! SO exciting! Hope it is all going well!!! So happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! We are so happy for you! What a blessing McKenzee is to your family! We can't wait to meet her!
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