Pics of our second day together

Today our adoption was finalized!!!! Marika is a true joy- wonderful and totally mellow! She cried a bit during the night and has not cried since. She seems quite content just playing quietly. She is also becoming very attached to Mia, which is great to see! In one of these pictures is the orphanage director, Ms. Tang, along with one of the nannies that Marika was particularly attached to. Off to explore Nanjing!

Two more pics

Uploading a couple more pics--Mia and Marika are so happy. Check out Marika's rosy cheeks!!!!

More Marika pics

Here we are. Marika has settled down and she is GREAT!! At the moment, she is sitting on the bed quietly playing with her big sister Mia. She has the rosiest cheeks I have ever seen and she seems to be very mellow and very well adjusted!!! One thing is for sure: she was well cared for and loved by the staff at the orphanage. Oh, and she is very healthy-- she weighs 25 pounds!! Mia has been just wonderful--feeding her, combing her hair and rubbing her back. More later. Signing off for now from Nanjing...

Marika is here!!!!!!!!

We have her!!!! She is beautiful and DOES have reddish hair! So, when we picked her up from the office she wailed, as you can see. She was so bonded to the orphanage director. After we left the director, Mari was wonderful, and no peep since. She has big red rosy cheeks and appears to be totally mellow. More pics coming! Thank you for all your wishes! Kathleen, Mia and Mari

Wide awake at 4 am.....

Well, we are in Nanjing and all is great. We woke up today again at 3:30 am. It is now 5 and we are wide awake! We join Marika in about 8 hours! Very excited for that and all is well. Will post agan after we are back to the hotel. Thank you each and every one of you for your wonderful notes. They mean so much to me. Kathlen, Judy and Mia-----and soon, Marika!

We made it!!!!

Well, we finally made it to China! We are now in Shanghai and it is 4 am local time...the flights totalled about 14 hours so we are burnt. Off to Nanjing today. We are all wide awake. Happy Valentines Day to all our friends at home. Off to sleep. Kathleen, Judy and Mia.

Life is a party

Yet another party at the orphanage. Marika is on the left and she and her two best friends are celebrating beautiful miss LL's 2nd birthday. I am dreading the dental bill when she comes home!!!