We are so excited. Today at 2:30 PM China Time, we finally held Natalie in our arms. She is so beautiful! She is also walking and has already called us both Mama and Baba. Along with our happiness, it was so joyous to see the other families in our group holding their beautiful new daughters.
We also got to meet two of her aunties (this is what the Chinese call their nannies or caregivers). The two of them seemed sad to see her leave, but at the same time happy for her and us. We also found out she has a really pretty nickname, "Lei Lei." We have been calling her that.
This was also fun to see the hotel staff's reactions to all of the beautiful daughters we came back with. Naturally, we feel like Natalie is the prettiest or as Karen has just said, "She is very petite and perfectly beautiful." Although, she is 15 months old, she is wearing the size of a 9 month old child. Of course the other familes feel the same way about their new daughters.
For dinner, we became adventurous and took her downstairs to the hotel restaraunt. She picked and played with her food for awhile, but seemed to like most of what she did eat.
Then, we brought her upstairs, changed her, and sang her lullabies until she fell asleep. Then, of course, we called our families and bragged as much as we could. This has been such an incredible day.
3 comments:
This is way to Cool. I am so happy for you. It brough back memories for me too. Bless you all and have a wonderful trip home.
~~~~Blessings to You and Yours~~~
Leslie
I am so happy for you and your family and I really do appreciate you posting your daily diary and photos too! I should be heading to China in about 12 months!
She is beatiful !!!! We are so happy for your family. Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. We should be going to China in about 11 months to get our beatiful "China doll"
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