Gotcha Day

This morning the long time dream of adopting a baby from China became a reality. Cassidy Anne (Dang, Shi Meng) was handed to us at to us around 10 am local time. It was a very emotional experience for us and for all the other families, to see all of the families receive the children they had been wishing for. Cassidy was very queit when she was handed over to us. The Chinese put children in "split pants" which allows for them to pee all over the floor, which is exactly what she did. After I cleaned her up, and Shea the floor, we put an AMERICAN diaper on her we started loving on her. She is very quiet although as the day has progressed we have heard some sad and happy noises. Big brother Connor showed her how to eat cheerios and goldfish and now she is hooked.  Cassidy loves fruit and noodles, but judging by the way she eats we don't think that there is much that she is not going to like.  We just finished a very brief nap in Daddy's arms and then we tried out some pool time, so that big brother can use up some of his endless supply of energy.  Cassidy has quickly fallen in love with her dad and brother and is starting to warm up to me... this has been a LOT of change for one day- so I will cut her some slack for today- ha ha.

We have an appointment tomorrow morning which makes the adoption legal!

We will post more about our new little lady tomorrow. She is precious and is already a great addition to our family...