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Now that you are back. Here's how the day went down. We got up early this morning. .. actually the last several nights, we have been waking up at 3am. Kim played her Nintendo DS this morning around 3:30 am. We officially got out of bed today at 5:30am and got ready. We left the hotel around 8:30 for the airport. By the way, the hotel we stayed at in Beijing was Days Hotel & Suites. Some of the guys joked around that it was going to be a Days Inn. They were right! It was a 5 Star Days Inn! lol!

Our flight was delayed by 30 minutes. Flying China Air was an experience. It was a 2 hour flight and they gave us two drinks and a lunch. Some kind of turkey meatball! The food was interesting. . . the landing was even more interesting! We came in nice and smooth. . . it seemed a little fast. . . and the pilot just dropped us down! It was a hard landing!

We were supposed to receive the babies at 4:30pm but when we landed we were told that they got there early (and we were 30 minutes late on the flight). We got to the hotel in Nanchang and we did a mad dash rush to our rooms (to drop off our bags - carry ons) and then back down to the 3rd floor to receive our babies. We go into a conference room and they bring in 3 babies from one of the orphanages. And we wait. The 3 families of the girls just have to wait for the "ceremony" to begin. Well, it turns out we need our passports and our Travel Invitations to receive our babies.

So we do a mad dash rush up to our floors (which are on the 15th level) and then rush back down to get our babies.

Finally the babies from the Ningdu orphanage come in. And we recognize Sadie Wen! She is just sitting there making faces with her tongue! She's adorable! Of course, they call the families by alphabetical names and we are 2nd to the last!

Finally our name is called and Kim receives Sadie Wen. She didn't cry.

She's definitely bonded with Kim and finally with me (Keith). She did cry when we changed her diaper the first 2 times. Her little information sheet says that she likes music and singing. Unfortunately the only song I could remember is Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night"! ! ! !

Her personality is definitely coming out. She is mimicing us and she's saying Da da. Woohoo!

The stacking cups are wonderful! We were told their personalities would come out in a few days. Sadie Wen's has already started to show. No telling what she will be like in a couple of days.

4 teeth and she's the cutest thing when she smiles! Long finger nails and they hurt!

By the way, we had internet problems yesterday, so that's why we didn't post. I'll post some pictures later.

This has definitely been a journey. When we started to work on a family back on 2001, who knew it would take this long. . . but it was definitely worth it!