WOW is all we can say! Today was a long day. We were all wide awake at 2AM. None of us could go back to sleep so we watched movies. We ate breakfast and went to the store before we left for the Civil Affairs office.
When we first got to the Civil Affairs office, there were 2 babies in the room. One of them was crying and could not be consoled by the nanny holding her. We were for sure that was Danni. It was another couple’s little girl in the group. At that point we knew the other baby wasn’t ours because we were at a different orphanage. After the crying baby was in her mommy’s arms for about 5 minutes, she stopped crying. It was amazing to see! We saw 2 more babies come into the room and we KNEW one was Danni off the bat. She had spiky hair and the nanny was carrying the pillow and bear we sent her. They called our name and the nanny handed Debi Danni. She was so calm and went to Debi with ease. Danni smelled with baby powder and fresh and clean. Chuck got his chance to hold Danni as well. We stayed in the room for another 30 minutes waiting for the other families in the group to get their babies. We took our first picture as a family of four. Danni didn’t cry, laugh, smile, or anything. She has 2 top and 1 bottom teeth almost in and 1 bottom tooth about to break skin. She was just as calm as could be. Then it hit….She doesn’t like her clothes to be taken off, hands to be wiped, her diaper to be changed, or a bath. When we did any of those things, we would cry big tears and scream until she was dressed, stopped cleaning her hands, diaper was on, or out of the bath. Debi gave Danni her first bath with Nick’s help. He is going to be a great big brother. He is very helpful but still likes to be the center of attention.
We went back to the Civil Affairs office to sign all the paperwork. Each of the babies are totally different from the other. On the walk to the notary, Debi ran into a pole that was knee high and banged up her knee pretty bad. It bled but she can still walk on it. There doesn’t appear to be any swelling so we think it is fine other than the scratches on it.
During dinner, she smiled at us for the first time. There were no more straight faces. She smiled with teeth showing when she ate jok. According to the nanny, jok is her favorite food to eat. She must take after PawPaw. She is an early riser (6:00AM) so we will have to get use to that. Nick doesn’t get up before 8:30 AM most days unless we wake him. She goes to bed around 7:00 PM which is a big difference from Nick. He can stay up until 10:30 PM if we let him. She also ate mum-mums. Thank you Kristin for giving those to us before we left. She ate 2 packages already. She loves them! Our family of four picture is posted under Children. We will try to post more tomorrow.
Nick is sleeping his first night in MeeMaw’s room. Danni is sleeping peacefully and we pray that continues!
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