Wednesday morning thoughts from Karen

Good morning to all! It's hard to believe that we have our precious daughter in our arms for good! She is such a blessing! It has been a crazy past few days since she was brought to us. She is so beautiful and keeps getting more so everyday in our eyes. Yesterday, Tuesday, she was fussy for most of the day. I think just all the changes, food, people, atmosphere, was a little overwhelming. In the write up from the orphanage, they wrote she was timid and a mommy's girl. We have seen that also. She is very guarded and puts her head down when she doesn't want something and pushes it away. She was mostly just taking in everything yesterday with those big eyes. She definately lets you know what she wants though! She took my hand yesterday and put it on the bowl of Cheerios to get the lid off! She loves bananas and when we were waiting for dinner yesterday, she saw one and kept pointing and coming back to it. She loves noodles too which is pretty fun to watch her eat them. I think Rich will put some pictures of her eating them.
When we went on Monday to finish the final paperwork for the province, we met again with the orphanage director. She tried to hold Cece, but Cece held on to me and put her head down on my shoulder(first time she did this!). I felt sooooo good, like shes starting to warm up to mommy! Yay! She is definately warming up to Rich! He's gotten many smiles and she fell asleep on him a few times! I can't wait till she shows us her sunny side again, like when she was playing on Monday with us. She was so alive and funny! Spinning around in circles on her tushy and laughing. Hope for what is to come with our precious daughter!
Well, my husband wants to go to breakfast. Cece is still sleeping even through the thunder and lightening outside. We are going to take in some of the local history today, the Teng Wang Pavillion. Love to all, especially Abby and Jiji. We miss you and are praying for you. Will write more later, Karen

Cece's new toy!

Glad to be at Pizza Hut! (She loves pizza)

Noodle time!

Happy time back home!

Give me that remote and get out of my way (Hey Abby and Jiji, you were right about Cece and the TV remotes)