Day 5 – 10/12/09 – We’ve got her!!!!

So we arrived in Changsha in the Hunan province around 11 am this morning.  The plan was to check in to our hotel, then leave at 3 for the Civil Affairs office to pick up Jacinda.  When we got into the car to head to the hotel, our guide tells us there has been a change of plans and that Jacinda will be brought to our hotel room around 1 pm!!!!!  So we get to the hotel and unpack a few things and then wait.  And wait some more.

 

Jacinda Kai-Li Wolfe arrived at our hotel around 2 pm this afternoon.  Kai-Li is a name we heard here and we just love it.  It means beautiful and victorious.  Pronunciation .... Kai rhymes with pie and Li is pronounced Lee.

 

So she got here and she was NOT a happy camper.  At all.  She was screaming.  Apparently, she'd been screaming most of the day.  She settled down fairly quickly, though.  She has taken to me (Sherry) more than Aaron, but that's very typical.  There's going to be an adjustment time as she grieves the loss of her foster family.

 

This evening has been good.  No screaming, but a few sad tears.  We took a walk around the hotel and then came back to the room and had room service for dinner.  We played with Jacinda, and we got our first smiles and even laughs!  She took a bath and then went to sleep.  Tomorrow, we go to the Civil Affairs office to do paperwork.  Then, we'll get to go to a large market to get her some clothes, bottles, and other stuff.  Of course all the clothes we brought are too big.  She's 21 months old and barely 20 pounds.  The 12 month clothes we brought are too big!  She's a tiny little thing.  We don't know what to do with a small child!  Luke was 20 pounds when he was 6 months old!!!!!

 

A weird thing …… our hotel is in the middle of downtown Changsha.  Every so often, fireworks are set off right outside our hotel!  It's happened 4 or 5 times since it's gotten dark!

 

(Thanks to everyone who has posted comments on Facebook.  We're able to see them in our emails.  We can't get to Facebook, though, to respond.  But we are reading them and we really appreciate them!!!)