WE'VE GOT OUR SWEET GIRL!

And she is amazing. The sweetest, most precious little thing. We are all in LOVE with her. As I write this, she and Tia are on the bed together with Mike, too. She has already given us some smiles and some "babbling". She has done her share of crying though, too. So, we had a special morning, just the 3 of us, before getting our Rosie. We had a nice breakfast, walked around the hotel and took pictures. At 9:30am, Vivian picked us up and we headed to the Civil Affairs Office. It was about a half hour drive. At 10am, we walked into the building and as soon as we walked in, there she was sitting with her caregiver. We knew it was her immediately. She is tiny and sweet. She handed her to me and it was instant full-on crying. Plus, it was really warm in there, so she was quite hot. She cried for quite a while and then Daddy took her and she instantly stopped. The ladies who have all been loving on her and taking care of her were there and wanted to hold her again and take pictures, etc. So, her crying was on and off throughout that time. Tia was such a great help, getting Kleenex, the camera, toys, etc. -- already a great big sister! We are so proud of her.

After some paperwork and more pictures, her caregivers left and then we left shortly afterwards. She started to fall asleep on the way back, but then woke up when we arrived at the hotel. She is still having little outbursts of crying, but for the most part, doing great. We changed her diaper and changed her clothes and she's been playing on the bed for a while now. She is absolutely precious. We are in heaven to finally have her and be a family of 4. God had His amazing plan all along and it has now all just come together. We could not be more grateful. God is so good. Thank you all for all of your prayers. We have felt them from a half a world away. OK, so here's the pictures that you've all been waiting for...........enjoy!!

Since arriving in Zhengzhou we have not been able to access our Bresnan email. So if you want to send us a message, use the following email address: smokeymikechubby@yahoo.com. For some reason, this one is working fine here.