She's Ours!

It's been about 36 hours since we first met Lilly.  She cried for about five minutes when the people who brought her left.  Last night (24+ hours after we got her) she teared up after Elizabeth went to sleep and our guide was no where to be found to find out what was wrong.  So we rocked, used the potty, offered food and drink, finally brushed teeth and put on jammies and then sat and looked out the window.  She appears to prefer mommy over daddy.  Lilly and Elizabeth will start cracking each other up or start singing songs- one in Chinese the other in jargon English.  It has really been a blessing having E along.  The first day we'd show what was going to happen to her first- change clothes, brush teeth, etc using Elizabeth and then Lilly would just jump right in.

When we first saw Lilly, I began to cry.  She looked like a princess.  Her nanny or grandmother (?????) bought her a jade necklace, a beautiful dress and jacket and a little stuffed animal.  She was so well cared for.  We were also given lots of pictures- baby, 2nd birthday, in the park...  We had not gotten any except for her referral pictures and three others before we got her and so I was wondering how we would explain her first years.  Not only do we have a story (though it's in Chinese) now we have pictures too!!!!

I have been living in a haze for the last couple of days.  I guess that's what three days with no sleep does to a person.  We completed the adoption finalization yesterday.  So today is the start of the US paperwork.  We have the medical exam in just over an hour.  I am a little scared about the TB test, since we had the issue with Elizabeth's.  I also don't like the thought of causing her pain and undressing her in front of strangers since she's older and so new to our family, but God has been with us this far and He won't let us down now.  Mommy might need a Starbucks on the way back to the hotel though!  :)