Today was filled with a lot of anticipation, anxiety, reflection and prayer...we were able to sleep in to 6:15 and then had a good breakfast. We then took a walk down by the lake near our hotel and went back to the room for a rest before our guide came at 3 p.m. to begin the paperwork. We then went to meet Yuhuan in a meeting room on the 3rd floor of our hotel. She was not there when we first arrived so we sat and began more paperwork. She walked in with the orphanage director and caretaker about 10 minutes later. I tried to get some pictures right away and she immediately went to her backpack to get some candy that she brought for Jadyn. We were given some items from the orphanage director - the disposable camera we sent, her photo album, a CD with pictures of her and a framed picture representing Fuzhou. She seemed to be a happy girl from the start. She sat patiently while we completed the paperwork and then we went to our room with our guide to try to get settled. Our guide stayed with us for about an hour and answered some questions for us; she also gave some guidance to Lauren so she knew that Jadyn was not trying to take her things:) The language difference is not easy, but it is going ok.
After our guide left we took another walk by the lake and then came back to the hotel for dinner. Boy, that girl can eat! We had a fantastic Chinese dinner in the hotel restaurant and Lauren was keeping pace with Jerry:)
We have found that she loves to watch TV, she loves to color and she loves all foods! So far, so good - tomorrow we go to the registration office to sign more paperwork and then they will begin processing her passport so we can depart for Guangzhou on Friday. We will also go to Wal-Mart tomorrow to pick up some items for Lauren; I brought two outfits for her, but we obviously need more to get through the rest of the trip.
Here are some pictures of our first day together:
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YAY!!!! It looks like it went so well!! Praying for a smooth transition for your new daughter. :):)
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