Leah's Adoption

Welcome to our blog about the final adoption process for Leah. We thought it might be easier to let everyone know how things are going in China if we did a blog.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

It is 5:45am and I am wide awake but Leah is still sound asleep. Not a peep all night. We are told that babies cope with the trauma of the first several days in many different ways. Leah seems to cope by being very docile. She hasn't cried or smiled yet, but she seems very content. She keeps looking back and forth at Jim and I as if to see if we're still there. She likes to be held and will snuggle right next to us with her head on our chest...very sweet. She likes her new toys and she likes to crawl around and explore. They don't like them to crawl at the orphanage so this seems to be a skill that she is still working on mastering. She can also pull herself up to standing. We are really looking forward to seeing her personality emerge over the next few days. She shared a room at the orphange with the other 2 babies in our group, so I imagine that it will be very comforting for them all to continue to see eachother daily for the next 10 days. The only thing on the agenda today is to go shopping for formula, diapers, and baby food! We are feeling very blessed! Love, Lara

1 Comments:

Blogger Karen said...

Congratulations on your new baby girl!! She is a cutie. There are 10 families from CCAI who just adopted their Wanzhou babies last week. They are at the White Swan. Our daughter is at Wanzhou SWI, but we are still waiting for TA to go get her. Your Leah is so cute. I hope you enjoy every minute with her. Do you know if they will let you go to the orphanage? Best wishes for a safe and happy journey.
Karen E

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