WE HAVE HER!

And is she ever beautiful!

We received Olivia Hui at 2:30 PM from her two aunties. They stayed with us for about 30 minutes then as we went to Lina's room to "get something” they very quietly left our room. There were a lot of tears from a beautiful little Chinese princess for about 10 minutes. We even had a bit of a bloody nose she was crying so hard. It really broke our hearts but we knew she would need to cry. We know we are not done with this but 10 minutes seems pretty short for now. After we spent about 30 more minutes of getting to know each other we loaded up the van and went to have her passport photo taken. After that we were dropped off at a park where Hui fed some pigeons. There were many children and their parents enjoying the early evening. A big hit is her doll. She says several words in both Chinese and English like: I Love You, Hello, Goodbye, and How are you. Hui started saying BOTH English and Mandarin. Then, later in the room, she and Emily were playing with Emily's camera taking funny pictures and Barb said "Take one of Mamma" and Hui said "Take one of Mama," Good grief!

So, we are now in the 24-hour "Harmonious Period" where we have her with us to see if this is what we want to do..... I can tell you that we are hooked.