Our Lily is PERFECT!

We arrived at the Civil Affairs office at 9:30 and the staff was already there.  They had brought three or four children but we were the first family to arrive.  Lily was with her nanny and we sat next to her on the couch.  After about 10 minutes the nanny handed her to me.  There were no tears, although she wouldn’t look at me to begin with.  By the end of our stay there, she had downed a full bottle of formula, eaten some little Gerber puff snacks, played with the toys we brought, giggled, and had her diaper changed.

 

We came back to the hotel to Skype with Daddy and the three big sisters at home.  Lily then drank another full bottle and started to fall asleep.  We went out to lunch at McDonalds and Lily slept in the Ergo the entire time.  She continued her nap for another hour after we came back to the hotel.  As soon as she woke up she downed another full bottle of formula and a few spoonfuls of baby food.  The way this girl is eating she should catch up on size in no time!

 

Lily is so ticklish!  Her little giggle is too cute.  She loves to blow raspberries and babbles in a sweet little voice.  She is a pretty good crawler but she can’t stand up yet.  She is sooo very tiny – much smaller than I expected.  There wasn’t much baby under all those layers of puffy clothes that were many sizes too big for her.  I have no clue what she weighs but the 6-12 month clothes I brought are plenty big on her.  The socks she had on from the SWI said 0-6 month and they fit.  She has four teeth (two up and two down).  She is such a happy baby and the only cries we have had so far (and those were very soft) have been when she was hungry.

 

As most of you know, we are adopting Lily through the special needs program. She was born prematurely and weighed only 2.2 pounds at birth.  The SWI staff kept telling me that they know she is delayed in her development but that they just didn’t have time to devote to her the way she needs.  They have over 300 children to care for right now.  But now she has a Mommy and Daddy and five big sisters!!  She will never lack for attention again.

 

I will work on posting more photos.  Even though the hotel calls their service “hi speed internet” it takes a long time for photos to upload and post.