Day Five...the hand off

After a three and half hour flight we arrived in Nanning, Guangxi, China at 11:30 am. The weather is much like Orlando Florida, warm and humid. Which is a change from the dry, cold weather in Beijing.

We met our Holt representative, Jane, at the airport and she gave us our instructions on what the rest of the day was going to look like. Go to hotel, check-in, eat lunch, meet her in lobby at 3:20pm, go to Civil Affairs Office, wait in a large room with the rest of the families (6 total), a lady will come in say your daughters name and we bring our Adoption Approval Letter, they match up name with child and then give her to us.

So this is how it all went down...check-in, ate a crappy lunch, went to the Civil Affairs Office, went to the large room to wait. We could hear babies crying outside our room. You just cannot help but to get choked up. Scott decides to let Jake video while he snaps the camera. By the way, Jake thinks he is the expert cinematographer. He cannot stop taking still pictures with the video camera. So we are waiting and waiting, this sweet young lady comes in and reads us this little speech asking us to love and provide a safe and happy home for our new daughter. She then introduces the two directors of the orphanages. The moment we have all been waiting for...the first little girl comes in, everyone has tears rolling down their cheeks, dressed in a red velvet shirt and snow white pants and jacket, red flowered shoes, she announced her name, Hau Ru Qin, yes we were the first. Emma is so beautiful. Her pictures have not done her any justice. The sweet innocent look with her dark brown almond shaped eyes, her ears, nose, chin, fingers are all perfect. She did not make a sound. Not one peep. She let all of us hold her. She did have a surprise for us, teeth, six of them! Two on the bottom and four on top.

Everyone is so happy. We left the Civil Affairs Office and headed back to our hotel for the rest of the day.

So far so good. She can crawl and pull herself up on the bed and in her crib. This morning before they brought her to us she had fallen and bumped her head and nose. She also has a little cold too. Of course we inspected her from head to toe. She has a birth mark on her hiney and no diaper rash. Her checks are dry and her little nose is red from her cold. Otherwise she is gorgeous!

She slept for 1½ hours and woke up with a smile! We cannot wait for everyone to meet her. Talk with you tomorrow.