Tuesday, December 19 - We have our baby girl!

In the morning we flew from Beijing to Chongqing. The flight was only a few hours long, but I've never sat in a seat so cramped. I had to take my shoes off in order to fit my legs under the seat in front of me.

Chongqing is much warmer than Beijing. It's more like Seattle temperatures, but is known to be always foggy. With over 30 million people living in the major city area, it's the largest city we've ever been to - the multi-story apartment complexes seem to go on forever.

We went to the department of civil affairs office at 3:00pm where we met our new baby daughter, Leah. The orphanage is about a 4 hour bus ride from Chongqing, so we just met the orphanage people at the office.


Lara and me with Leah and the orphanage director and care givers at the department of civil affairs.


View of the cloudy city streets and appartment complexes from the window of the department of civil affairs.


Leah fell asleep in mom's arms at the department office.


Later she woke up and had a great time on the bed back at our hotel room. She finds that chucking cheerios is more fun than eating them.