SAMARA!!!

She's here and she's precious! She's absolutely perfect. Wow. What a great day. We headed over to the Civil Affairs Office at around 2:00 this afternoon. We had to gather in this room and one by one our names were called and babies were placed into our arms. What a feeling - to finally hold this precious little one that God has chosen for our family. I was really surprised to see how much weight she's gained - she's such a chunky monkey! She didn't cry at all when she was passed to us. She kept looking at us and studying our faces. We had a chance to speak with Ms. Tang, the orphanage director, and ask a few questions and find out a bit about her schedule. When we got back to the hotel, we fed her a bottle with formula and congee and she literally downed it in about 30 seconds! She's been playing happily ever since and even had a short nap. When she's tired she just puts two fingers in her mouth, lies down and falls asleep. We've already had many smiles from her and even a few giggles. Man is she cute!!! Anyway, we just ordered room service and I'm starving so that's it for now. We have some good video too but I'll have to wait until we home to Canada to post those.

Thanks to Liz who posted a comment about how to blog in China so that it's in English - very helpful.