Yesterday (Sunday)the orphanage staff brought Kailyn to our room at 4:00 pm. We knew she was coming around that time but we were expecting to get a call first, so when we got the knock on the door, we were surprised to see that she was here! She seems to be adjusting to us very well. When she first arrived, Sara our guide was showing me the picture album That the orphanage had made for us- she saw the picture of her foster mother and teared up and whimpered. We hated to see her sadness but also glad to know that she may have been taken care of well enough for her to be attached to them. This means that she will also be able to bond with us pretty easily as well. The orphanage staff said that she had thrown up on the ride over (2 hours) and thought it may have been car sickness, but then last night at midnight she woke up and threw up again! What a night. Otherwise i think she would have slept right on through. She had taken formula and rice cereal last night and eaten very well. Today she seems to be doing fine though and has held down everything we've given her. She is a hearty little eater and so far is taking her formula, rice cereal, bananas, peaches, congee, steamed eggs, cheerios and she LOVES the butter cookies I brought with us! It doesn't look like we are going to have feeding problems:) She also walks very well and loves to lead me or the boys around by holding our finger. We have to watch her because she is very curios and wants to explore everything! One game that she likes is handing things to you and then you handing whatever it is back to her over and over again. She also loves to feed us some of her Cheerios and the game of peek a boo makes her smile:)
Kailyn has had fun with the toys we brought, stacking cups and books, and the wind up musical giraffe was her favorite from the start. She took to me very quickly and just now is getting to where I can be more than a couple of feet away. She has wanted NOTHING to do with Andrew but right now she is sitting next to me and allowing Andrew to play and interact with her. The boys love her and watch out for her.
This morning we went to the Civil Affairs to get finish making the adoption final. We are now Kailyn's legal parents! We got to meet three of orphanage staff and have our picture made with them. They seemed like very nice and caring people. Then we had to have Kailyn's passport pictures made. She didn't like that at all but eventually we got some that we're acceptable. Tomorrow we may do some sight seeing, and then on Wednesday we visit Kailyn's orphanage. We learned that she only lived there for one month and then was put into foster care with a woman, her son and his wife and children.
That is all for now and in a few we have to go to a notary and then we are going to visit a tower that is the symbol of Nanchang. Sherry was good enough to sit with the boys this morning while Andrew and I took care of business so we are glad to give everyone a chance to get out of the hotel today.
No luck in getting pics on this one yet. You can see pics on my Facebook page:)
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