Trip 2: Day 4- Gotcha Day

I'm sure by now most everyone has seen the sweet and joyous video of Lola. Yesterday was everything I dreamed it would be and more. My heart is so full it could literally burst right now. God is soooo good! 

We got to the agency yesterday at 4pm. Lola, Omma, and Appa, were all there waiting. She immediately wanted to play with us. But first, we had to sign and go over some paperwork as well as go through the bags Omma and the agency had prepared for us. Little miss busy body wanted to be right in the middle of it and we had to keep distracting her so she wouldn't tear up our papers for the embassy. She also kept trying to run out the door as we went through the bags of clothing, toys, diapers, formula, and then all the food Omma had made for her. It was the sweetest thing. Omma had made sticky rice, some sort of squid paste to put in the rice, soup, seaweed, beef jerky cut in strips, puffs, cups of water, and bottles. It was so so kind. After going through everything, it was time to leave. I handed foster mom a card with some pictures of Lola and her together. She opened it and then lost it. It was so so hard to watch. I asked the translator if they were going to say goodbye and she told me they would do so at the elevator. So we walked to the elevator and Omma was really really trying to be strong for Lola. They didn't hug her there because I think they knew that would be so terrible and hard for Lola. I embraced Omma thanking her profusely for all she had done and we both hugged and balled our eyes out. It was heart wrenching. Casey held Lola as we waved goodbye, rode down the elevator, and headed outside to the taxi. Lola was so distracted by all the commotion that she didn't cry at first. We played and looked out the window for the first 10 minutes. 

Then, she realized Omma and Appa were gone and she started balling. We held her and loved on her, but she was inconsolable for the next 45 minutes to the hotel. Even the taxi driver was being so kind and trying to console her, but nothing would do. It broke my heart but I knew this was to be expected and I would have been more concerned if she hadn't cried at all. I eventually distracted her with my makeup and she was good for the remaining 5 minutes. Why didn't I buy her some fake make up? She is so prissy and has already put every one of my makeup brushes in her mouth. She puts powder on her cheeks and then puts on Chapstick and smacks her lips. It's the cutest thing!

Once we got back to the hotel we played and explored the room. Lola ran around everywhere and climbed every last thing in our room. She is so busy! Truly she was meant to be our child. She will fit in perfect with her rowdy brothers. We also walked around the hotel some and went outside for a bit before we just decided it would be easier to order dominos than try to go someplace. We figured there was no way Lola would sit still long enough. 

We fed her some banana and sticky rice with squid paste for dinner but she didn't eat a ton. She did eat some of our pizza and really liked that. 

We gave her a bath, which she absolutely loved!!! She splashed prob 1/4 of the water out of the tub and thought it was hysterical. We put on jammies, attempted to read some books, and then fed her half her bottle. She didn't drink much of that either. Omma had told us that she hadn't pooped at all yesterday. Just before bed Lola pulled down her pants, squatted, and then started crying. Casey said she must be constipated. Poor baby. I picked her up in my arms and rocked her and she was asleep within minutes. I laid her in bed with us and she has slept all night, with the exception of waking up one time around 12:30am crying. I gave her a bottle, but again she only drank 1/4 of it. Omma has been giving her two bottles in the night but I really think it's a comfort thing and she doesn't really want the milk. We will try to replace that with something else once we get home and settled. (I'm sure all the dentists out there are having a cow!) Also we are going to try and wean her off the bottle and formula altogether soon because right now they say she is getting 6 bottles of formula a day. Wow! 

We will take it a step at a time.

Right now, it's 7:30am and our baby girl is still sleeping soundly. We are going to try and head down to the breakfast buffet and then we have our visa hearing at 1pm. Praying Lola wakes up happy and not scared about where she is. Thanks again for all the many prayers. We are feeling them.