We were told to be in the lobby of the hotel at 3:00 to meet our coordinator, Xiulan. We arrived with her a few minutes before 3:00 and already the babies and nannies were in the lobbies. They were handing out babies before Xiulan was there.
A man was holding Sarah. J and I went around his back to see her face and he handed Sarah to J!!!! She began to cry and he did not know what to do. I took her and she cried as did about 1/2 the babies. The lobby was bustling with activity, people stopping to watch, too much stimulation, so we all headed to our rooms.
Sarah continued to cry and cry. Finally we set her on the bed so she wouldn't have the "giant strangers" holding her. She picked up her shoe and that gave some comfort.
We finally figured out she was tired. We got her to sleep (thus the reason I am able to post so soon.) We'll see what she thinks of us after she wakes up.
Xiulan visited us and said the babies who cry are the smartest babies. She will be a genius. Also, Xiulan said she was spoiled. Since she was in foster care, that may be true by comparison.
5 comments:
Hello Kristin, Jack, and Sean! Thanks for sharing your trip with us; your posts bring back memories of our journey to Leah. Sarah is a beautiful girl. We know Jack is thrilled to finally be a Big Brother! We wish you the best on your continued journey. We will be reading with interest. Even though she probably won't remember us, please tell Xiulan that the Jackson family, including Leah (Guan Xiao Qi)from Kunming say hello and that we hope to see her again whenever we travel back to China for Leah's mei mei.
Charles, Regina, and Leah
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We are so very happy and proud of you. Sarah is one fortunately girl to have such a wonderful family.
Hooray - hooray - hooray! So glad you're together at last. Enjoy each moment, and take tons of pictures; I thought I'd remember it all, but some details slip away too quickly. All our best!!!
--Ashley & Co.
This is our first time to leave a comment, so I hope this works. I am so jealous of course. Sarah has to be the most beautiful China doll I have ever seen. You guys are so blessed. When I saw your pictures today I just welped with tears. I am so overjoyed for your family, and now see that all the wait was so completely worth it. Tell Jack the boys say "hi" and they can't wait to hear about his journey when he gets back. We miss you guys around here. Kiss that baby for us as well. If she's not already spoiled as they said, I'm sure she will be. Take care.
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