Gotcha DAY!!!! is HERE!!!

She's here and man she is just a cutie.. and teeny tiny thing!! 

 

So we were up at 5am. well I was up at 2:30am.. couldn't sleep.. gee I wonder why.   Then I finally fell asleep about 430am and then the stupid alarm went off at 5am!  We had gotten most of everything together the day before so we changed, ran down to eat breakfast and then met our rep in the lobby at 6:30am to get to the train station.  Our bullet train was at 7:20am. 

 

Bullet train = totally cool!!  Still don't know why we dont have them in the US.  seriously it was soo smooth and just a really nifty experience.

 

We got to Tianjin and off to the hotel for 35mins to gather ourselves together to get Robyn.. we were expected at 9:30am.  So off the to orphanage.. 

 

We walked in and it was very quiet.. to a little room with comfy chairs and then one of the orphanage folks had us sign all sorts of paperwork.  Then all of a sudden there she was.. I was signing stuff and they handed her to David and she was so quiet and mellow..  The nannies were commenting on how she was crying and crying and then when they showed up to hand her over she just got all quiet.  I always said David was the baby whisperer!!

 

She is sooo tiny.. we put her on the scale here in the room and she's about 8-9kg.. teeny thing she is..  and yea she's behind for an 18month old but man I already see her putting things together..  quite the thinker.  She has hardly said anything today tho, very quiet. 

 

So after we got her at the orphanage and I got the lowdown on her feeding schedule and some cough medicine and anitbiotics.. she's got a nasty rasp/wheeze..  we were off to some building for other paperwork.. something for her Chinese passport.  David sat her up on the desk and they took her picture for her passport and we were just there.. George did most of everything.  Met another American who was adopting an 8yr old with leg braces doing the same paperwork.

 

So we finally got to the hotel.  I KNEW we were on borrowed time.. she had to be getting hungry.  I whipped out the applesauce and David fed her.. it was a hit.  She is not potty trained so I met our rep to head to the grocery store to get diapers, wipes and formula.  We are going to start with what she is used to and then slowly add the stuff from home I brought and phase her to stuff I can get at home.. at the same time try to get her to start eating other foods.  When I got back she had just fallen asleep.  She naps between noon and two.  She slept almost 2hrs.  Then got up.. had to change the diaper.. ew.. and she was ready to play.  At 2:30pm David left to exchange our money and give the "donation" to the orphanage .. yey that stress is gone.. not having to worry about that much cash on us anymore.  While he was out it was my turn to play and bond.. I actually got her to giggle some and she loved the little plastic slinky I brought!  I was able to get her to eat some saltine crackers mushed up and she mushed them in her mouth too.

 

She is soo cute.. We can't believe she's hear.. David said it feels like we are babysitting.  That it'll end.  We just did her 5:30pm feeding 15mins late and we were lectured that's for sure.. she inhaled her bottle did some good burps and is playing with Dad on the bed.  She fusses if she is left alone. She likes to have one of us within reach.. 

 

Tomorrow we have more official Chinese paperwork.. we've got to be downstairs at 8:25am (all three of us) for more stuff to do.  Then we have the afternoon free.  I think we are going to try and find a stroller that'll work or one of those baby sling things since she so teeny.  There is a grocery store a block away.. but I think I'm going to try to talk George into taking us to Walmart..

 

So there ya go.. we are a party of three with just the cutest girl you've ever seen.. she is precious.. and she's ours!!

 

oh and Happy Disney Anniversary to David..  20yrs today with the company.

 

Hope we catch ya'll on Skype.. we'll be here tonigth(Mon AM for you all)

 

ZaiJian

~Donna