Gotcha Day

Quite the day today. We awoke at 4:30 this morning not being able to sleep. We prayed together and did everything we coul to pass the time away. At 8am we left for the bureau office to meet LiLi for the first time and do a bit of paperwork to apply for her passport. We got there before LiLi and went upstairs to a run down little conference room. As we stood there we saw LiLi go by with her nannie and then they returned and came in. It was so great to finally see her. And I wish I could tell you that it went wonderfully and she fell into our arms and she called us Baba and Mama and we started our life together at such a happy place.

Anything but. Throughout the process, she coward away from us and cried. She wanted nothing to do with us. And then after the paperwork she was pretty much forced onto the elevator with us and the door shut on her Nannies. We had to almost drag her to the van and then picked up sceaming and placed in the van. She cried for an hour straight back to the hotel. Then for another hour after that. Didn't look to good for a peaceful night.

Then she finally started to calm down. Through some toys and a digital camera in which she took almost a couple hundred pictures. She began to start feeling more comfortable with us and through a lot of trial and error we were ale to feed her at a restaurant. Corinne was wondeful with her. And a bonding betwen Renee and LiLi began as well as one ith Corinne.

Renee. gave her a bath and now as I write this, they are laying next to each other and LiLi is talking up a storm to her. God came through for us.

Maybe a tough day again tomorrow as we will see the Nannies once again to finish the paperwork.