Day 5 - Introducing Vivienne Chao
Its 12:30 and we've had Ivie with us for about an hour and a half. She is so precious I can't even believe it. She is so tiny but she is heavy because we are not used to holding a baby.
Scott, with the help of our intrepid guide Evelyn, bought a new camera so we were able to take pictures. I will try to load them on the blog but there are no guarantees.
At 11 we walked across the street to the provincial office building. We took an elevator to the 26th floor and walked into a room where there were all sorts of nannies and babies. There was another group getting their babies at the same time as ours so at first we did know which babies belonged to our group. Evelyn walked up to a woman who had a list of the babies so we knew which ones were ours.
I spotted Ivie right away - she was sitting peacefully on a nanny's lap. Two other families got their babies first - the Moshers and the Yamaguchis. Then it was our turn and the woman placed Ivie into my arms. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing it was. She was calm at first and then started to cry. We tried calming her with cheerios - she ate a few but loved the lid to the bowl which she is still holding. She had the bear that we sent in the care package with her - so at least she has something familiar with her.
She was wearing a bright yellow shirt and yellow pants and huge electric blue split pants (which are the pants many babies wear with their butt showing so they can be put on the potty when it is time to go). Most of the babies from our orphanage were wearing the same thing. They all so cute.
The room was chaos - babies crying and parents trying not to cry. Everyone was running around taking pictures of all the babies. Cameron and Christina, the couple we met our first day, have a beautiful girl Zoe who shared a nanny with Ivie. So it is so nice for them to have friends in our group. Zoe was very unhappy though and every time we went by her Ivie would start to cry too - like it was contageous.
When we left the building Ivie was looking around facinated by everything outside. She was very calm in my arms - clutching the lid and her bear. We got her up to our room and made her a bottle. She polished it off in about 1 minute - she was very hungry. We tried to set her down to change her clothes but she would cry every time. Finally we managed to get the orphanage clothes off of her and into a cute pink (of course) onesie and pink striped pants. She has a few scrapes and bumps (apparently in the walker she managed to run into a table and bump her head). She also has a few mongolian spots on her bottom (which are small bluish spots that are common in Asian babies - they look like bruises but they will fade as she gets older).
We have basically had to hold her and walk around because she did not want to sit at all. She was getting a bit heavy for me so after a while I passed her off to Scott. She fell asleep and we tried to put her in the crib but she wanted nothing to do with that. So Scott is currently sitting on the bed with Ivie asleep in his arms - I wish you could see it (and if I can get the pictures loaded you can).
We have a meeting with the registration officials this afternoon and then nothing but Ivie time thereafter.
Its 12:30 and we've had Ivie with us for about an hour and a half. She is so precious I can't even believe it. She is so tiny but she is heavy because we are not used to holding a baby.
Scott, with the help of our intrepid guide Evelyn, bought a new camera so we were able to take pictures. I will try to load them on the blog but there are no guarantees.
At 11 we walked across the street to the provincial office building. We took an elevator to the 26th floor and walked into a room where there were all sorts of nannies and babies. There was another group getting their babies at the same time as ours so at first we did know which babies belonged to our group. Evelyn walked up to a woman who had a list of the babies so we knew which ones were ours.
I spotted Ivie right away - she was sitting peacefully on a nanny's lap. Two other families got their babies first - the Moshers and the Yamaguchis. Then it was our turn and the woman placed Ivie into my arms. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing it was. She was calm at first and then started to cry. We tried calming her with cheerios - she ate a few but loved the lid to the bowl which she is still holding. She had the bear that we sent in the care package with her - so at least she has something familiar with her.
She was wearing a bright yellow shirt and yellow pants and huge electric blue split pants (which are the pants many babies wear with their butt showing so they can be put on the potty when it is time to go). Most of the babies from our orphanage were wearing the same thing. They all so cute.
The room was chaos - babies crying and parents trying not to cry. Everyone was running around taking pictures of all the babies. Cameron and Christina, the couple we met our first day, have a beautiful girl Zoe who shared a nanny with Ivie. So it is so nice for them to have friends in our group. Zoe was very unhappy though and every time we went by her Ivie would start to cry too - like it was contageous.
When we left the building Ivie was looking around facinated by everything outside. She was very calm in my arms - clutching the lid and her bear. We got her up to our room and made her a bottle. She polished it off in about 1 minute - she was very hungry. We tried to set her down to change her clothes but she would cry every time. Finally we managed to get the orphanage clothes off of her and into a cute pink (of course) onesie and pink striped pants. She has a few scrapes and bumps (apparently in the walker she managed to run into a table and bump her head). She also has a few mongolian spots on her bottom (which are small bluish spots that are common in Asian babies - they look like bruises but they will fade as she gets older).
We have basically had to hold her and walk around because she did not want to sit at all. She was getting a bit heavy for me so after a while I passed her off to Scott. She fell asleep and we tried to put her in the crib but she wanted nothing to do with that. So Scott is currently sitting on the bed with Ivie asleep in his arms - I wish you could see it (and if I can get the pictures loaded you can).
We have a meeting with the registration officials this afternoon and then nothing but Ivie time thereafter.
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