We Got Her!!

Wow, what an amazing time it was getting our Ruby. She is not yet completely happy with the 'switch over' but I know in about a day or two she will be happy and content. Here is a video of our precious little princess. If for some weird reason this embeded video does not work go to youtube.com and user phoenixjen. That is where the video resides.

When we arrived at the Civil Affairs Office we were all in such anticipation of receiving our babies. Our guide said that the Xuwen children had not arrived yet. I was wondering how many hours it would be until they would get there as the orphenage is a 9 hour drive from Guangzhou. But our guide, Grace said that they were at the hotel and would be there momentarily. While we were waiting I saw three Chinese women get off the elevator and walk past us holding babies. That's when I realized our beautiful Ruby had walked right past her new mommy and daddy!! Uly frantically began taking pictures of the nannies that were now walking into the playroom. It was our turn to get our baby and the nanny came out and handed Ruby to us. She immediately turned her body so I would be holding her 'front-facing'. She still loves to be front-facing and look at everything that is going on around her. She loves books and toys. She is content sitting in her crib or on our bed looking around the room. So far she has been pretty quiet except for the occasional Drama Queen outburst (which only lasts a few seconds). :) Uly and I are ready to come home! I know we still have 10 days but it would be so nice to come home and get settled in our routine. Today we OFFICALLY became Ruby's parents. We were interviewed by two officials at the Civil Affairs Office. They want to know how old you are, income, why you want to adopt, that you promise to never abuse or abandon the baby, etc. It is really a sobering event. When we got back to the hotel the floor attendant handed us our 'Going Home' Barbie. This Barbie is given to all adoptive parents. It is a Barbie doll holding a Chinese baby doll. Something for the children to keep as a gift from Mattel.

Today I showed Ruby pictures of her brother her aunts and uncles and grandparents. She loved looking at all the pictures. (Thank you Aunt Lisa for making the photo album.) I noticed Ruby loves books. We took her down to the Swan Room, the playroom for children.