Today was Gotcha Day!!!!!!! Holy cow, what a whirlwind of a time. It was a very rocky start as we totally expected. Better to be prepared than not in our situation. She definately had some separation anxiety as she was given from her caretakers to our arms. She cried half of the time we were there which was a very short period. She cried while getting into the van, till Devin showed her the iPod and she stopped immediately and has not cried since. We walked to the mall and as we were walking she saw a poster on the wall of Burger King with Burger, fries and soda. She pointed to the Pepsi and did a drinking motion with her hand. Peer pressure got the best of us and well we got her a burger and fries from Burger King. What better time than the present to break her into american cuisine. She woofed down the whole burger. This was after eating a half of small bucket of Oreos at the Civil Affairs office. Not a picky eater at all. She now has had her bath and is about ready to put her head down for bed. All of us are.
It is starting to be harder to keep up with actually putting pictures in the blog. So here is what I am going to do. I will put a link in this post to her photobucket album and I will just continue to add pictures to it periodically as I get back from an outing. So check the album often as I will keep it updated.
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u97/starnesclan/Journey%20of%20EmmaLin/
Praise God! Thanks so much for keeping the blog and updating it when you can! The photo album is fabulous - great pictures! We are following all of this very often throughout the day (and night!). Continuing to pray - and we love you LOTS! Mama C and Pop
ReplyDeleteShe will settle in to this family just great! So glad you have her now. The rest is just time . . . Love you lots!
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Wonderful news! Love is a universal language... once she settles, she'll know how much she is loved. :)
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