A Good Nights Sleep

We left for the Civil affairs office around 2:40 yesterday afternoon. When we arrived about 20 minutes later we saw the orphanage nannies walking into the building with all of our babies. There were ten families in all. When we finnally unloaded the bus we were all teary eyed and anxious. We rode the elevator up to the meeting room and when we arrived, out babies were all sitting across the back wall on the laps of their nannies. After only a few seconds, I (Anthony) was able to find Olivia. I prayed it was her because it was that little face that I have seen in my dreams and thoughts for the last 4 weeks. Mysty saw her a few seconds later. They called our familes up one by one, and we had our passports and letters checked, and then they called our babies Chinese names, and then handed them to us. Chen Li Jian (Olivia) was very interested in the whole proccess. She watched the lady as she looked at the paperwork. And then she looked Mysty right in th eye as she took her. We had the anticipation of alot of crying, but Olivia changed all that. Because she was so calm and accepting of us, we cryed for joy only momentarily. After that we were just marveling at her calm and joyful attitude. She is wonderful. She gave me kisses on her own almost immediately. She is loving and likes to be held. She likes toys and seems to be teething. She is a little fussy at times but only when she does not have oragel and when we put her down. She went to sleep at 6:30 pm and woke up at 5:10 am. ELEVEN hours. What a good girl!!!!! We finally got here rice ceral mixed to a consistency that she would eat, and she ate four ounces. She is tiny. From the bathroom scale, which is in KG, we think she weighs about 15 to 16 pounds. Tiny girl. Hunan province girls are known as spicy girls. SO IS SHE. She is into everything. We will tell you more later. As for now more picturs and much paperwork today. Also, we get to give away all that money we brought today. Thank goodness. Tired of carrying around a small fortune. Cameron, she took a picture with Gideon. Chase she sucks on her fingers just like you. And Zack, when she sits up, she rocks like you did when you were a baby. And she is very nosey like all of you (especially Cameron) And she just said DA DA.HAHAHAHAHAHAHa. Love you all. Thank you for sharing in this happy moment and our long journey. Anthony