Here is the photo taken when little Guo Dan Rui was handed to us. It is fitting that the picture is blurry. We were the last of the twelve families to receive our baby. Being last, at times, has it's benefits! We had the incredible opportunity to witness eleven other families welcome their little girls into their arms and hearts that day! It was amazing!!! But immediately after Mia was placed in our arms we were quickly hurried out of the meeting room to go feed the babies. They were so tired, hot and hungry from their day of traveling to us. Mia was so brave, she was inspecting us, taking it all in but finally began to cry out "ma ma, ma ma". It was so hard to see her hurting :( By the time we made it to our room she had stopped crying and was really checking us out :)
We fed her a bottle, which she would only take if it was practically boiling. She played on the bed for an hour or so and then fell asleep from exhaustion. We watched her sleep most of the night, in complete awe of her, our gift from God!!! Just as we had gazed at her three older sisters on their first night sleeping in a crib beside us :)In an adoption story there are so many dates to celebrate, the day you start your paperwork, the day it was accepted in China, the first time you saw your child in a photo, the actual adoption day but for us the day we held her in our arms, August 2, 2009 was the day we hold most dear!!! This year has gone so fast. Mia has grown and changed so much but in the blink of an eye I can remember exactly what it felt like to hold her for the first time.
We celebrated today!!! We thanked God today! We remembered all of the people that helped us bring Mia home! Tonight we will pray for those in China that made it possible for her to find us, her forever family!
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