Our first days together

First of all we would like to thank everyone for your prayers and for the comments you have posted…we have treasured each one of them during our time here.  They lift our spirits and outside of being with Lily, they are the highlight of our day!

As I write, I listen to the sweet sound of our sleeping child and the stillness of the early morning…well…famous last words…just as I wrote those words Lily woke up!  Guess I should start a little earlier tomorrow morning. 

We are on our second full day together as a family and she is slowly coming out of her shell.  She has been attached to my hip since the first night thus the reason for the delay in my update!  At this point she isn’t going to Michael without getting very upset which leaves momma’s arms feeling like they have been doing some serious Pilates planks!  Let me just say, I was loving my ergo baby yesterday afternoon when we took a trip to the Lotus shopping mart (kind of like our Wal-mart but 3 stories and in the grocery section all the food is self-serve..lying out in containers unwrapped for you to bag up what you want…including the raw meat!)

We get a lot of curious looks from people until I show them our card that tells them we have come to adopt Lily into our family.  The moms will hold up their babies and get them to try and make her smile and others will give us the thumbs up.  Others still look a little confused as to what we are doing…

Yesterday we went to the registration office and received our paperwork that finalized our adoption so Lily is legally ours!  She was fast asleep for the auspicious celebration.  Then we went to the notary to complete some additional paperwork for her passport that we will receive on Friday before we leave for Guangzhou. 

Our registration picture- before the final adoption paperwork was completed
(holding her racquetball that she loves)

Our legal adoption paperwork...she is ours!

We stopped for lunch on the way back and saw a little bit of her personality come out.  She is little miss independent at times wanting to feed herself.  Congee (kind of like thick soupy rice) and yogurt have been her favorite things to eat so far.  This morning at breakfast I slipped in some meet and egg whites into the congee and she devoured 2 bowls full.  Michael and I aren’t sure what we had to eat yesterday for lunch…it was supposed to be some spicy chicken but it was mostly just bones that had been fried…thank goodness for breakfast, power bars and M&M’s!    

amazing what a little water can do to bring out a good smile!

Here are some highlights from our first days together…last night she only woke up once, she has gone to the bathroom on the big potty several times already, she walked to me with a little help from Dad, she took a bath by herself last night, and she loves to read books.  We also got some smiles from her at breakfast this morning when she was trying to throw her cheerios on the floor and I told her no…she just looked at me and laughed…mischief is in our future no doubt!

bath time might be of my favorite parts of the day!

After breakfast by the fresh lilies in the front lobby

All in all we think she has made some big strides and we look forward to the days ahead.  We are enjoying a free day today just getting to play with her and bond together.  Maybe we will even find something yummy to eat for lunch today!  I hear Guangzhou has some fabulous pizza so I am sure we will be getting that frequently.  Can you tell I’m growing weary of noodles and rice?  Michael asked me what I wanted for dinner last night and I told him... Mexican J 

My sweet husband is doing our laundry in the bath right now...what a great guy I have!   Spencer we loved seeing your sweet smile last night...hopefully you will get to see Lily soon when she is awake and happy!  Hugs and kisses.  

More to come...