Today is a day that is filled with so many memories and so many emotions. I can remember standing in that huge room waiting...and hearing a baby crying (Carmen) and just being so happy and wanting to cry so bad but not wanting to break down either. I remember that Carmen was brought in first and then so quickly they brought in another baby and called out her name, Ye Gui Chun. I think it took a moment for it to register with me and Brent that they were calling out our daughter's name because Joy our guide had to look at us to get us moving. They just handed her to me and she came so easily. No tears, didn't seem to be in shock or scared just curious about what was going on around her. She was VERY active and busy. She moved constantly and took a bottle in about 5 minutes flat. She wasn't very interested in us at the moment but was interested in all the action taking place around us. It wasn't until we got back to the hotel room that she showed any signs of sadness at all. Her little lip stuck out and started quivering and the eyes started to tear up. I just held her tight and told her mommy and daddy loved her and would never leave her. And that was it. She showed signs of stress and over stimulation by sucking her lip but fell asleep in my arms a couple of hours after we got to the hotel and I had her belly laughing that night. She was so tiny and so very very weak.
Wow! How things have changed in a year! She is very attached to both me and her daddy. She has grown so much except that she still doesn't have a head full of hair and is still a skinny little thing (you wouldn't believe how much this child eats and still stays so skinny). She now eats great and is working on the spoon and fork. She is finally walking and that has been a very recent thing. Her ankles are still very weak so she still has some balance issues but that is getting better everyday. She says mom, more, dada (sometimes). I think there are several other words that she is saying but I think only I recognize them. Trust me when I say that she makes her needs and wants known. She understands almost everything that we say to her and is a very determined little girl. If I had to use one word to describe her today it would have to be mischevious. Yes, as wonderful and sweet as she is, she is so very mischevious right now. The poor dogs are catching the worst of it.
We celebrated our first Forever Family day this morning with breakfast before I went to work and Kaleigh went to daycare. Daddy had to work late tonight so that was the only time that we could all be together. She got 4 braclets that we bought in China and she loved them. She took them off and put them back on several times.
