Monday, December 8, 2008

Grace is Here!!!

The pictures of Gotcha Day are in the reverse order so look at the end to see the beginning of the story. You can see things ended peacefully and Grace is sleeping in her crib. Grace was a screamer for the first 20 minutes, and then fell asleep on us because she had no nap today. There were 15-20 babies in the Civil Affairs Office meeting their parents for the first time and our baby won the prize for the loudest. She would stop crying for about 10 seconds to study our face and then start the scream again. She is sitting up very well, crawling, clapping when Anna sings to her, and eating congee (rice paste soup). She has one tooth on the top and one on the bottom that look like they have just broken though in the past few days. Anna is a wonderful BIG sister and even helped change her first diaper. Tonight Anna had put a blanket down to sleep on the floor right by Grace's crib. We are in love all over again and couldn't be happier!!! Our family is now complete with a little more paperwork to do during the next few days. She is so CUTE!!!!! Thank you God for our precious Grace and, thanks to family and friends for your support.












4 comments:

Auntie B said...

You look like a lovely family!!

Melanie said...

She is beautiful!! Congratulations!!

Anonymous said...

HI anna and debra and roy

SO fun to see the pictures of your trip and of course Grace - it makes us feel that much closer to our own trip - in a year or so :)
can't wait to meet grace at St. Peter's
jane kevin and sam gailey

catbertie said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
blessings,
Cathy