Alisha Day

What an amazing day. We have finally met our little girl and she is breathtaking beautiful!!

The day started early for me as I could not sleep and was up at 3:30am. We left the hotel at 9:30 and as soon as we got to the Civil Affairs Office she was there waiting for us. I just stood there and stared at her until her Nanny finally handed her to me. Usually, the children are in another room until after you complete your paperwork. (Yes, more paperwork!!!) So unfortunatley, the Nanny took Alisha back until we finished up. Alisha is temporarily given to us overnight and we come back tomorrow for the final adoption process and officially become a family.

Alisha was brought to Wuhan from her village with the head Nanny from her orphanage, so we did not meet her foster parents. The Nanny shared a few tidbits about our little one. They also gave us a photo album of pictures of Alisha from her first year. Since we will never know much about her life in China, this book is a true treasure to us and someday to Alisha.

Unfortunately, Alisha is having a hard day. She is so off her schedule. They woke her at 4am this morning to make the journey to Wuhan, which is over 3 hours from her home. So, you can only imagine how scared she is right now. Another thing we found is that our little girl has a BIG set of lungs. Jerry has been the true champ today and has the golden touch. He has been able to calm her down and if that doesn't work she loves Cheerios and Gerber Graduates.

After arriving back at the hotel and getting her out of her travel clothes, we went for a short walk to McD's for lunch. We assume this was her first taste of fast food and LOVED the fries (who doesn't). After lunch we realized we needed more supplies and made another trip out to the supermarket. Alisha loved the walks and her snugglie and she takes everything in and loves touching and checking everything out.

We wanted to play with her back at the hotel, but she totally lost it when we got back to the room. We finally got her down to sleep (once again, Jerry has the golden touch). Not sure how long her yelling spells will last, but we will take it as it comes.

We are just so overjoyed and in love with our little girl. She is gorgeous and such a little one. Her updated medical information says she is 9kg or 19lbs but I doubt that is true. Her finger doesn't seem so bad, but we will wait and see what the doctors have to say about it when we get home.