Monday, August 21, 2006: Meet Marcie YangFuJi

We all met in a conference room, and Marie (our guide) gave us information about how they are put to bed, how often they are bathed (twice a day), and how to prepare their bottles. While she was talking about the laundry service, the phone call came-- the babies had arrived! The nannies brought the babies in, and we spotted Marcie immediately (she burst into tears as soon as they sat her down-- and she was the biggest one there!).

One other note before I post all the photos . . . uh, sorry Jim. Apparently 4:00am is not 7:00am. I can't believe I did that. In our post-placement stupor and joy, we called Jason's parents to share the news (Marcie is really over twenty pounds and she has 8 teeth and she is a chatter box), only to realize they are fifteen hours behind, not twelve.

Anyway, pictures speak louder than words anyway, so rather than write more, I will just post the photos we have from today. We are going to wake up Marcie in 15 minutes to feed her (she fell asleep to me singing her a lullabye about an hour before her bed time-- what a rarity for her; that's probably the first time she's been rocked to sleep for as long as she can remember. And yes, I do know a nine month old's memory doesn't go back that far, but that's really not the point).

Our first photo with Marcie.

Another photo with Marcie-- we were having trouble getting her to look at the camera.

Jason and his new princess.

This is us with the orphanage director of Marcie's orphanage.

Though Marcie seems to be in very good health, she does have a cough, and she has been tugging at her left ear. We will have the doctor take a look at her tomorrow. On one last note, they appear to have been showing her the photos we sent (and they returned BOTH rolls of film-- all finished!), because she LOVED that album today. . .