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Monday, March 7, 2016 GOTCHA DAY! When you wake up at 1:45am and gotcha time is 2:00pm...It's a long wait. It's warm here in Chongqing. Low 70's with Houston humidity. That's short sleeve and sandals weather. But not here. The locals are bundled up in jackets and coats. They occasionally mop the sweat from their foreheads, but do not take the jackets off. All that to say that our hotel room is warm and not equipped with a ceiling fan. After 2 sleepless warm nights, we asked for a fan. Got a 3 speed stand fan! So there will be some sleeping in this room tonight! Yay! Now to the most important part of our day - she's here with us! She came in like a big girl - maybe a little shy, but a big girl nonetheless. She had all new clothes and shoes, plus a new backpack with some crafts and stuff. The head nanny of the Wanzhou SWI went to get her from her foster home in Zhengzhou. She spent 2 days there with her before bringing her back to Chongqing. The nanny told us that on the plane here, she proudly told everyone around her that her mama is in the United States! They told us she is very independent when it comes to self-care such as bathing and the like. When she arrived, she gave me a hug! She smiled shyly and looked at the things we brought her. One of those things a was a big Disney Princess sticker book. She looked at it and knew exactly what to do with it. She is quite familiar with Disney Princesses! When we came back to the hotel after finishing at the Civil Affairs office, we came back to the room for a while. She looked through her backpack and colored and did crafts for a while. She is very neat and cleans up after herself! While cutting paper, she would throw away any scraps and made sure to put away the first craft before starting a new one. After about an hour, we decided to go out for dinner at KFC. You can't go wrong with chicken nuggets and French fries! Then Haagen-Dazs for dessert! After dinner, we went to the store for snacks and water. As we walked through the store, Nicole held my and hand and hummed a little. She picked out 2 snacks - some shoestring potato chips and mini Oreos. We ended the night with watching Cinderella and eating snacks and playing Angry Birds! I feel so blessed to be mama to this girl! Tomorrow we go back to the Civil Affairs office to finish off the paperwork and make her legally ours!! While I know there is some healing to do in my girl's heart, she has been very brave and happy today! Thank you so much for your prayers! The Lord is good!

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