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Sunday, June 13, 2010 GOTCHA DAY!!! We met our daughter today! I’ll probably keep this short and sweet, because it won’t take too much to describe the feelings and day. I had been so anxious leading up to this day, haven’t really been eating much, just a lot of anticipation. Not necessarily about meeting her, but more about the preparation for it. But when she was carried into the room, it completely and utterly went away! All that mattered was that sweet little face! She is so beautiful! It is strange how much you can’t imagine what you’ll feel exactly, but then the time comes and it’s so easy. She is my daughter, period. I would honestly say it’s the same feeling as giving birth in that you nervously await their arrival, but once they’re here, you can’t believe how much you love them, and that they are yours 100%. It’s true of this, at least for me, that no matter how she came into our lives, she’s 100% ours! I’ll give a few details, because I know you all want to hear them. She was very reserved when she was brought in. She barely moved while I was holding her. Didn’t want to look at anything or talk. The one thing that started to get her moving a little was a necklace that Aron’s mom had brought with us on the trip, and the girls had been wearing. Ryann gave it to her to cheer her up… and it did work a little. But she was still very shy and scared at the beginning. After doing a couple official things, we went back to the room for only 10 minutes before going to lunch - KFC =) In that 10 minutes, she said a couple of things. Kyra asked her a question and she said “no”. She pulled out some crayons and said “look”. And she had said Mommy in there somewhere. Kyra and Ryann were so good for her, because she just loves being with them. Here are some highlights of the day: *Points to us when we ask her where is so and so. *She took a little nap on my lap *She was laughing a lot with us and Kyra and Ryann *She is very active!!! She got herself and Ryann quite worked up *She ate a great dinner *She fell right to sleep at bedtime   Click on the Previous Day link above for our June 12th post!

Sitting outside Hanging out with her new sisters Just woke up from a short catnap She loves playing with that light switch

Playing and giggling


Ready for bed, sleepy, and scared


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