After waiting for soooo long! The moment arrived. All the babies kept coming into the building except for the Anyang babies and one other little girl that would meet her new mom and dad at the hotel. We all were taking pictures of all the kids when Charlotte and her little friend came. Charlotte's nanny wanted to quickly change her diaper so she did, way fast. Then they handed her to her mommy when she didn't want to come! I took her and kissed her and she was crying like crazy! Understandable for sure! After a few min, of trying to console her the nanny came and helped us understand that she hadn't eaten yet and was really hungry. She showed Charlotte that the food we had for her was good. She loved it...she wouldn't let it out of her sight or hands after that. We feed her some Gerber sweet potato puffs. She stopped crying. She loves for her dad to hold her! We came back to the hotel with her chowing on her sweet potato puffs and she had a bath and a bottle and feel asleep. She is sleeping right now. While she was crying when we first met her we noticed that her palate was repaired! We didn't know that! We asked about it and found out that she had actually been living not in the orphanage but in a special hospital for babies that need surgeries and such. It is called Show Hope, in Louyang. She had only been in the orphanage for a couple of weeks (when we got our travel approval). She has lots of mosquito bites all over her face. She looks really healthy though, she has dimples on the knuckles of her hands, and her cheeks are round. She feels like she weighs as much as her sister! She loves her books so far and the teddy bear we brought as well as touched the doll that one of her Grandma made for her. Here is a picture with Charlotte and some Anyang orphanage workers (not sure of their roles). The one in the middle helps us calm down Charlotte so it seemed like she had taken care of her before. She is adorable and we are so happy that she is ours! I will post some more pics! |
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
We finally met our Charlotte!!
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I am crying while reading this! I can believe it has finally happened. I am so glad. What a huge relief to have her in your arms. I am sure there will be many more naps in your lap. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteyeah! another anyang baby (one of our sons is from there-- if i had known i would have warned you--- they are always the last to arrive- by like an hour!!!! congrats!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy for you guys! This is such an exciting moment! Thank you for sharing it. :)
ReplyDeleteSmart move to bring the sweet potato puffs! What a wonderful moment.
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