Gotcha Day!

To cut to the chase...Today we got Our Natalie!! It was a wild day. Plane was late taking off and so we were late getting to the Civil Affairs building, but we got there a little after 3:00 PM and the little ones were there waiting on us. We first went to the room were our children were and we saw Natalie, but we were told that although it was ok to look for our child, we had to wait until they gave her to us before we could do anything else with the child. So we found her standing, looking around, and then we had to go to another room where they brought her in (and all the others) and after a few minutes, we got to hold her for the first time, well we didn't, but Steph did. She cried for a moment (Natalie) and then hung on for dear life. She and steph have made a bond. It's remarkable to see them together! Natalie is a stinker. She wanted to be held. Watches what I am doing, but hasn't taken to me yet. I figure that by the time she's 15, she will realize that I hold the keys to her car and we will become fast friends. She's talking some and has already taken Steph for a walk around the halls of our floor. Natalie is so cute. She would walk by a room where another little one was crying and she would say something in Chinese. I recognized one of the couples voices, so we had Natalie give them a knock to say "Hi". This was Grace and Lee's room and their little one was just settling down and Natalie seemed to know they needed some help. When we told them that she was talking they asked us what she was saying and then had that "Here's your sign" look on there face and I couldn't help it, so I said it anyway, "Don't speak Chinese". She settled down and started playing after a couple of hours. Steph gave her a bath while I was doing paper work in another part of the hotel and when I got back, she was just falling asleep. It was a precious moment. She is very healthy and very petite. Likes to eat cherio's, but cookies are her favorite!

Stay Tuned, we will see what happens in the morning in another episode of "When the Hooker's do Nanchang"....did I say she is beautiful!

We are so very blessed!