Forever Family Day

Here are some pictures from today and a short re-cap of the day. I am going to post the rest of the pictures in a little while. These were taken in our hotel room.

We went to the Registration office today at 9:30. When we arrived one little boy (actually he is a twelve year old young man) was already there and we got to watch him be united with his parents, who are part of our group. We then waited on pins and needles for another hour for Grace and Daniel, also two, to arrive. When her van pulled up we all waited at the door and watched her be carried in. They sat both kids on the ground and our director approached them and asked who was who. We thought we recognized her, but it was hard to see their faces. It turned out we were right. We approached her slowly and spoke to her in the little Chinese that we know. She stared at us for a second and then started crying. She probably only cried for a few minutes and then just completely shut down and went blank. She is absolutely beautiful, and we are ecstatic to have her. I can't wait for her to meet the boys and for our whole family to be together. Paul was able to get some smiles and laughter out of her while I was doing paperwork, but she has mostly been very quiet. She looks around at everything and is very alert. It is very bittersweet because we are so happy to have her, but she is so scared and confused. She has cried a little bit here and there, but seems to be relaxing some. She is potty trained and took a short nap today. She really likes to be held or to have on of us nearby, especially daddy. She is a very good eater, which is a good thing. They call her Bei Bei (Bay Bay) in the orphanage, and we've been calling her that too. it suits her :). All three of the little ones adopted today are grieving, but that is totally normal for all the changes they've been through.

Sam, Joe, Will and Ben we miss you and know you will be awesome big brothers.