Yesterday...Hannah officially became a member of our family. Not that she has not always been a member, but now China recognizes it officially. It was a very busy day. Hannah had her first bath with us, had her first hairbow, changed clothes 3 times while Mommy tried to decide what to she should wear and what would fit, ate her first breakfast with us, went with Mommy and Daddy to fill out a ton of paperwork, changed clothes again, went to the civil affairs office, saw her Nanny, posed for pictures, watched Mommy and Daddy put their thumbprint on their signatures, and then went to a celebratory dinner. What a day!!!
Hannah's first bath. She LOVED it, and didn't even cry when we washed her hair.
First hairbow, then Mommy changed her clothes! Mommy is so silly!
Hannah's nanny from the orphanage.
Hannah was helping Mommy eat at the celebratory dinner.
But what she really wanted was her own bite!!
Daddy's girl!!
Today...We all went to the zoo to see the Pandas. Hannah was not too impressed, and fell asleep. Daddy held her the whole time. We did a fair amount of walking around the zoo, and looked at some animals. The girls got plenty of attention from the locals! We gave them a good looking at too, especially when we saw a set of twins, who were happy to pose for a picture for me. later, we went to an art gallery and picture museum for the Flying Tigers. We had a picture of Hannah's name in Chinese made and purchased a famous Chongqing leaf painting. After that, we went back to the hotel for a rest and some lunch. Lastly, we too another trip to Wal-Mart for some necessities followed by a Pizza Hut picnic in the Johnson's room. Another busy day!
Pandas!!
Daddy and Hannah at the Pandas
Hannah loves being held by Daddy. Mommy is OK, too, but Daddy is better!
Twin girls
Panda embroidery at the art gallery/Flying Tigers Museum
Rice paper paintings
Tomorrow we are off to the Three Gorges Museum, and possibly a trip the the city square, and a famous Chongqing hot pot dinner.
Life is a little busier now that we have Hannah. She is a little fireball! For a 10 month old, she is into everything! She loves her toys, her Daddy, Mommy and her brothers. We got her first smile, hug and laugh in the first few minutes of receiving her, and it hasn't stopped! She has her moments, but for the most part, she is just a happy go lucky, curious, active baby. She stands, crawls forward a little bit, wants to eat what you have, sleeps all night, takes her bottle well, makes kissy faces. She is an absolute doll and we are totally in LOVE with her. We can't wait to get her home and share her with everyone. For now, I am off to bed. Love to you all!!
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Oh I am sooooo eating up your posts and your pictures! I'm sitting on my couch crying right now I'm so wound up by it all. :-) I just remember sitting in the hooptie Golf at the church parking lot talking in fall 2005 about how all of this got started and how we both knew that God already knew who your daughter would be and how amazing it would all be. :-) I love you guys and I HATE that I'm not just across a 4' blue fence anymore but now I'm across a big ocean! Thank you SO much for the blog and pictures. Again...BIG hugs to all FIVE of you!
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