Journey to Lia

Monday, May 31, 2010

And finally.....

We meet Lia. After 6 hours if someone asked me to describe my daughter I would have to say a quirky little imp. We went to the Civil Affairs office this morning at 9am. She was already waiting for us there. When we walked in the nanny was very excited and as soon as she stood up with Lia, Lia started crying, really hard. She came over to Ami and I but the candy, stuffed animals or attentive big sister could not help. So after about 5 minutes we decided to just have her sit on her nannys lap and we just sat beside her, not really paying too much attention. She did stop crying after quite a while.
 
Brian went over after about another 20 minutes and was able to hold her in his arms. This was great. It was not in Ami's plan and she was quite concerned that this was not how it was supposed to be!!
 
The Director and Nanny loved the photos from the Jiande families.
 
We were there about 2 1/2 hours. We left quietly without anymore crying. She stayed in Brians arms while we walked back to the hotel. She settled in quite nicely playing ball and she loves Cheerios!!
 
She loves to walk. Her weight is less than her last update, she is 28 lbs, I think the same height 95cm. Her feet are tiny, she came with some squeeky shoes but she would walk on her tippy toes to get them to stop squeeking. She loves her new sunglasses!!
 
We have had lots of smiles to our suprise!! She laughed when Brian put her up on his shoulders. When she is doing things with Ami, we look over at her, she looks at us and gives the cutest little smile!!
 
It is 3pm and she is tired, she normally has a nap in the afternoon so she may be up a bit late with a later nap. Brian and I are both relieved the first meeting is over and we will deal with the next couple of days as things arise. Ami is over the moon and very happy Lia is calling her Jie Jie already.


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3 comments:

  1. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Lia is so cute! Ami looks like the proud big sister that she is! So happy for all of you and can't wait to see more pics of your family.

    Laurie

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  2. Congratulations! Typing this message with misty eyes. Janice

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  3. awww, she is adorable...glad that things worked out okay (I pictured more screams..whew!).

    I am so happy for all of you.

    Brenda
    who received ministry approval!

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