I'm a Mama!!!

Hi Everyone. Sorry it has taken so long to post but we couldn't get through... Anyhow on to the stuff you want to hear about. We have Joseph!!! Oh my gosh....can't explain what an amazing feeling it is to be a Mommy.. it feels so good!! He is such a sweet boy. He is a cuddler, and likes for us to hold him. He loves Cheerios!!

We left Chicago at 12:30 Monday I was so sick to my stomach, nerves. The flight over was rough.. we had horrible seats, middle section, middle seats. Robert was ready to lose his mind. I actually did better than I thought. Anyhow, we got to Beijing at 3:30 pm which was the middle of the night for us. It was a long 3 hour layover, I was pretty misreable. We then got on an airplane to Xi'an. All we could think about was getting to the hotel and going to sleep. At that point we'd been up for 30 hours!!!!!!! We arrived in Xi'an and our guide met us. Her name is JoJo. When we were walking to the van she said, "tonight okay to get your baby".. Robert and I just looked at each other. All of sudden I had the biggest rush.. Robert on the other hand really wanted a good night sleep. I thought to myself.. well this is jut like labor you really don't have a say when the baby comes. We got to the hotel quickly freshened up and then our we heard the knock on the door. I felt excited, nervous, overwhelmed, you name it I felt it! I opened up the door and there he was. I was so overwhelmed with emotion, ( I can't help to be crying as Iam writing this) My sweet son was right in front of me. Robert and I just held him close and gave him lots and lots of Kisses. The nanny and director of the orphange were there too. After about 15 minutes they left and we were alone with Joseph.. He looked around and gave us a few smiles. We changed him into his pjs and layed him in bed with us.. Icouldn't take my eyes of him. There just arent' words to explain what we were feeling. Joseph is 22lbs, a lot smaller than we thought. He isn't walking.... so I am grateful we will be able to witness his first steps.. he likes to give kisses.. and he loves it when Robert and I give each other a kiss and then we each kiss one of his checks. He is a precious little boy with a lot of love to give. He is so laid back.. and he is thinker. He does this cute thing with us eyes..kinda looks at us from a side view. Hard to explain but very cute.

We got up the next morning very early b/c we had to go to the government offices and have our adoption completed. After about 3 hours of paperwork it was official. So now we are just resting, trying to catch up on some much needed sleep.


Okay..well I will most some more later. Robert will need to figure out the picture thing.. so hopefully we can post some tomorrow.. Just know we are doing well... and we feel so blessed..



Oh.. ladies at Checkfree! Hat is on!!=)



Miss you and love,

Kelly