Gotcha day: Day 1

Email from Jen and Dean: Received: Sun, May 30, 2010 05:43 AM
Hi everyone!!! Hope u alll doing well!!!

We got back to hotel room with Cammile around 510pm and then it's been a whirlwind since.....We finally were able to sign on to internet around 10p tonight.

Here's a synopsis of what happened this afternoon. WOW, we still can't believe it!!

We finally made it to CAMMILE!!!!!! GOTCHA DAY has come and passed......."What a pregnancy we had!!! Longer than an elephant, however, no stretch marks, no hemorrhoids, no episiotomy, no labor pains!! Whew!!!"

Cammile was brought to us from her home 2 hours away by her orphanage director and helpers. We met her at 5p. When we first saw her, she was being held, NOT crying, looked bright-eyed & curious. She looked around and saw all the people around...............then it came................THE TEARS, THE CRYING, THE SCREEEEECHING!!!! Dean and I had no time to cry ourselves, for we "sucked it up" and put our parenting skills in to high gear. We dashed for her, she was handed over to me immediately, we tried to console her but to no avail. "That's ok", we thought. In fact, we were hoping that she would cry when she was given to us -- that means she has stranger anxiety, she established a trust with her caregivers, she is able to bond with others. "It's aaaalllll gooood!!!"

She's soooooo cute and cuddly, and MUCH SMALLER than we expected. We don't know her actual weight but she seems to be about a 6 month old size, however, she seems pretty tall & lanky. She smells sooooooooooo goooooood too!!!!

We fed her as soon as we got back to our hotel room at 510pm, which appeased her, she napped from 7-745p, then changed her diaper (she get one cute little butt), fed her again, changed her diaper again, held her for another 30 minutes or so, then put her down to sleep at 9p. It's now 11p and she's still sound asleep. She's really good!! We also found out that she likes to look at herself in the mirror - it calms her down right away. She also loves to pull my hair! Ouchieeee! She enjoys watching Dean take pictures of her, coo with her, and kiss her. Soooo touching!!!

We took a bunch of pictures of Gotcha Day, but we're not able to send them to you guys.......sorry....things work differently in China. It might be the internet service (or lack thereof) here in China. Pooh, we really were looking forward to showing off Cammile to all of you.

WE LOVE YOU ALLLLLLL VERY MUCH!!

From Our "Family" to your's,

Dean, Lexi, Cammile, & Jenni