As we waited in the lobby to leave to pick up our kids we were all sick with anxiety. Our hopes were, of course, that it would all go smoothly but nobody knew what they had in store for them. Our four families descended on the registration office to meet our children for the first time. I don't even know how to tell you how it felt for all of us standing outside in the dark hallway looking into a room lit only by sunlight searching the small crowd for our childs face. We quickly spotted our Amy Meng and she spotted us. Her face lit up, she pointed at us and quickly walked towards us. I have been trying to spend my time and energy preparing for the worst or even a bit of bad - what a waste of time. Our daughter is beautiful, sweet, delightful and outgoing. She is not shy. She cannot speak much english but knows many words.

As we walked back to the hotel she would take our hands and kiss them. She is soooo wonderful. Mike had a book with pictures to learn english/mandarin from and Amy Meng loved it. She would point at pictures and say the word in english. The best part was when she said "I like watermelon", Mike made a face and said "I like watermelon too!". After that she kept saying "Father likes watermelon!". I cannot tell you how precious she is, actually I guess that I have about a million times!!!

The other families babies are adorable!! There has been a bit of crying but not much. They are such a blessing to us. We have all talked about how people seem to think that we are doing a wonderful thing but ALL of us feel that we have done it for selfish purposes and have been the ones with the biggest blessing.

Thank you all for your love and support! We couldn't have done it without you.

More later.