G O T C H A !

It took 21 months, but this afternoon our family has become complete.

We met Lily in the hotel lobby, after getting up in Beijing at 4:30 to catch a flight down to Chongqing so we could be at the hotel before noon. The babies arrived at 4pm, which was good because it allowed us to relax, get some lunch, and get cleaned up for the big moment.

We thought that Lily might be like her sister, but she's anything but..... she's sitting, crawling, getting into everything and proceeded to steal Daddy's cookies that he was snacking on after eating the entire bag of Gerber apple puffs. So much for having an easy time of managing this child -- we have to watch her every minute to be sure she doesn't get into things. Lily has 6 teeth, and is big into doing things you do - raspberries and clapping her hands were the accomplishments of the day, and she giggles and laughs and generally finds herself amusing over all of it.

Tomorrow (Monday) we go to complete the official paperwork accepting her from the Chinese government, and then it's off to play tourist for the rest of the week until we get her passport on Friday.

Here are some other photos from this afternoon, as well as a YouTube video clip we uploaded for everyone to enjoy and meet our daughter - you may have to wait until YT posts it. More to come soon.

PS Donna - you can click on the images and make them lots bigger :)