And without further ado...here is our daughter

I know you are all ready to come through the internet at me for my lack of update! I now have a little person in my life so I will not be as blog crazy as before.

We left our hotel on a bus with 7 other families at 1:30pm today. The nerves for everyone was incredible. Poor Rockstar Nurse. I thought I was going to lose him. I did not expect to see him so nervous.

We got to the Civil Affairs office before the kiddos. Within 10 minutes we saw them walking and holding hands down the sidewalk. The Rockstar Nurse and I saw her right away and we were blown away. She was so beautiful. I became an emotional mess.

That was until all pandemonium broke lose.

YaoYao saw us and freaked.

Here is the unedited version of our 1st meeting.

Actually, freaked would be a mild way of describing the situation. She screamed primal screams. We had to restrain her to hold her otherwise she would run away.

It was a horrible feeling. We knew how much her little world was crashing down around her. The Rockstar Nurse held her and stared out the window with tears in eyes. It was very, very difficult for him.

Some of the other families had adopted before and were constantly coming over to encourage us that this was a good sign...it means that she had bonded to her caretakers. If a child had a previous bond, she will be able to transfer it to another person.

Still, the screams and fits of rage went on for almost 45 minutes to an hour. We actually were prepared for it. HOwever, it does not make it any easier.

Then, I asked a translator about not knowing if she needed to go to the bathroom. So she asked YaoYao in Chinese and she shook her head yes. So, I took her to potty and that was the end of the tears.

Suddenly, the Rockstar Nurse and I were her new best friends:)

And yes, she does have some type of "boo boo" on her eye. She told me all about it in Chinese, but of course I didn't understand:)

I can not describe to you enough how amazing this little girl is. She is an absolute trip. She loves to smile and laugh. In fact, every single thing her report said has been true so far.

And smart! Holy cow! She is an absolute parrot and repeats everything! I think she now speaks more english than lil'Rocker:) And speaking of Lil'Rocker, this little girl is a brickhouse! She's quite solid!! I think she may be bigger than him!

We were not going to force a bath tonight, but she was very excited to climb in. She also was very excited to pick out pajamas and loved sitting and reading books with daddy. She already calls me mama (melt my heart).

We were VERY nervous about bedtime. However, she amazed us once again because she climbed into bed and pulled the covers over her and leaned back on the pillow and smiled:) So, now she is sleeping in bed with daddy.

We know that tomorrow could be an absolute disaster. And even if she does do well, we are far from being done the bonding process. That could take months or even years.

We are already so in love with her. I will tell you that she already has her daddy triple knotted around the heart.

I can't post all of our precious moments, but decided to share two with you. Here Miss YaoYao is mixing up some soup. She did this for almost an hour.

Here she is reading with daddy. She says every animal sound he does.

I am so overwhelmed when I watch her. My eyes fill with tears when I think of how God orchestrated her being brought into our lives. We are so blessed. We are nowhere done our hardships and there will be many more tears from her and us, but I can already say this incredibly long journey was sooooo worth it.

That 1st smile...a genuine smile of joy, makes it so worth it.