We now have our precious daughter in our arms!!! She is a delight and so brave! We went to the Civil Affairs office where there was another group of families ahead of us - the ones who got their girls yesterday and are staying in our hotel. When we got inside the room, there in the alcove was a group of 'nannies' each with a bright orange bundle, dressed identically alike. It was a sight to behold. It didn't take me long to pick out Rebecca at the far end, sitting in her nanny's lap! It took my breath away. We still had to wait, though, to make sure our paper work was in order. Chris said no baby until everything was correct, because he knew we'd be pretty worthless afterward! Ray caught an error on ours, so we had to send it back to be edited. Once it was corrected, THEN, they called our name and a nanny and the director handed Rebecca to me. She never made a sound. Just looked and looked and looked. She wanted to see everything and everyone around her and was as content as she could be. She went to Ray as easily as she came to me and he received the same intent little stare with those shiny, beautiful brown eyes! There was a lot of chaos and crying babies around us but Miss Rebecca just hung out.
She is a great eater and thus far, its the only time she has been fussy is when she is hungry. Otherwise she coos, says dadadadadadada alot and loves to look at her hands. Her hands totally amuse her. She is very patient with us as we fumble with clothes, diapers, baby carriers and baby bottles. She takes it all in stride. Like right now, she is content in her little crib, just cooing away letting mommy blog and daddy totally collapse into the bed because he's been awake since 12:30 AM. Yesterday's nap messed him up for the night.
Tomorrow we go back to Civil affairs, then on to the Notary. Then there will be lots of down time for us to spend with Rebecca. Hopefully, the rain will stop long enough for us to get out and see some sights too.
We are so very blessed with the best little baby girl in the world. God is good.
Woohoo!! You've got her! I'm so excited for you. My eyes were just filling with tears, as I read Heidi's description of seeing her in the long line of babies. What an amazing thing!
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What a wonderful post! The internet is a wonderful thing, isn't it? I felt so connected with you, reading about your first sighting of Rebecca. Michael & I are thrilled for you two. Can't wait to meet her!
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