August 1st, 2005
Today we had to wait in our hotel rooms from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM just in case the American Consulate had questions about our files. No one from our group had any problems!
Each adopted baby from China gets the traditional “red couch” photo before they go home with their forever families. Today was the special day for our travel group - the Guangdong group. We also had our group photo taken. It took quite a while to get the babies and parents and cameras situated, so even if a baby did extraordinarily well for a while, eventually in at least one picture, they are caught crying. These special children have been through so much in the last two weeks. Our travel group hasn’t been able to spend a lot of time together, since we had so many sick babies, but we have seen our babies grow and develop and begin to bond, and each precious moment is priceless.
We also had the traditional group dinner, where many chose to wear traditional Chinese clothing. Marissa loved mommy’s dress. She thought it was so pretty, she kept touching and staring at it. She also loves mommy’s hair and likes to lay close to my shoulder and stroke my hair while she looks at me. She was very good at the dinner. Right now she just takes everything in.
She can be very serious because she really wants to see all the things and study all the things she has never experienced, but when she plays she has that sweet baby laugh/giggle. She is a joy!
After dinner, we watched the CHI Powerpoint presentation of the CHI Foundation (raises money for surgeries for the orphanage children, and the presentation for all 55 familes CHI has adopting in China right now. The presentation showed all the babies coming to and being with their new families over the past two weeks. It really is a blessing to all involved to see God’s children receive so much love and attention and a permanent home.
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