Wednesday, September 10, 2008

More of our Beautiful Girl!






WE GOT THE HAPPIEST BABY! Kaelin Bing Wen is an absolute delight! We are just amazed with her, too! She is sitting, crawling, smiling, and babbling up a storm! Everything about her is beyond perfect! We had the most incredible day yesterday! After arriving in Changsha we barely had enough time to get unpacked a little, get our diaper bag packed and then we were on our way to get our Baby Bing! The bus ride alone was quite an adventure! There are NO traffic laws in Changsha! There are 10 million people in this city and they are all out and about! There were at least 3 instances where it's a miracle we weren't involved in a serious accident! When we arrived at the Civil Affairs office, the babies were already there waiting for us! We walked in and took an elevator up to a conference room and when we walked in all of the babies were right there! Since we hadn't had any updates on Bing it was actually hard to pick her out, but Gary and I spotted her after a quick scan! We knew that dark eyed little one sitting in her nanny's lap was our Baby Bing! It was very chaotic to say the least as before we could be given the babies we had to do more paperwork! Once that was done, Micheal, our guide from GW started naming families! We were the 4th family to be called and all at once she was placed into my waiting arms! Talk about love at first sight! Gary and I can't even begin to put into words how we felt at that moment after waiting for sooo long! We just stood with our precious daughter and bonded instantly! We just can't believe how much we loved this beautiful baby we had just met! Honestly it was no different than the moment you see your baby after giving birth, only this pregnancy lasted over 3 years! By now it was so hot in the room that everyone was just dripping with sweat! It was seriously about 105 degrees in that room! After we all recieved our sweet bundles of baby goodness, we were able to meet with the orphanage director and our baby's nanny. We asked some questions while Michael, our guide, translated. Then we were given the most priceless gifts! They included Bing's original finding clothing, a small red gift bag filled with her finding ad and a beautiful handmade chop (stamp) with Bing's name engraved on it! We also recieved back the cameras we had sent in the two care packages all completely used up, I can't wait to get the photos developed! We also got back her lovey we had slept with and sent and another suffed bear along with a beautiful baby blanket! We are truly grateful to Chenzhou CWI and the love and care that they have given our precious daughter! They are a Half the Sky orphanage and, wow, it really makes a difference! Baby Bing is living proof!
After about 2 hrs we all loaded back on the bus and took the death defying drive back to our hotel! Bing fell asleep on Gary's shoulder about 2 minutes into the trip, so cute! We couldn't wait to get her back to our room and take her all in! Aside from more paperwork, we have been in our room just loving on and being totally mezmorized by our new little miracle, Kaelin Bing Wen!! This morning we will do more paperwork and then we will go shopping for some things for Bing!
Finally, We would like to say how much we love our five kids waiting back home! Justin, Marie, Adam, Sarah, and Marcus, we can't wait for you to meet your new adorable baby sister! We miss you and WE LOVE YOU! Mom and Dad xo

6 comments:

Melissa said...

I can't get enough of Bing!! She is adorable!! I have a zillion questions for you!! What size clothing is she wearing? What is she eating? What size diapers? Oh, I wish I was in China with you!!

the mommy said...

I agree with Melissa I can't get enough "BING". I am so happy to hear things are going well for you all. She is simply adorable.....

Anonymous said...

Absolutely precious! What a gorgeous girl. Vince and I were so excited to see the pictures!

Kelly

Lori said...

Oh, Di ! I just knew you guys would recognize her when you saw her. She's a little miracle. What a happy, beautiful little baby. Bless HTS! We love you guys !

Lori & Andy

Wanda, Geoff and Lexi said...

Bing is ADORABLE! I just love her smile! AND I am just loving reading about your family day! It sounds like it couldn't be any more PERFECT!!

Eloise said...

Oh my goodness! She is so cute! I don't think I've ever seen a baby so happy on Gotcha Day. Congratulations! Enjoy that precious girl.