2:00 a.m. in Nanchang

Thank you all for your sweet comments. Shelley the scripture you quoted was more encouraging for me with us being in a distant land...it's good to hear from you all.

We all fell asleep around 9:30 pm and Addie awoke crying in the middle of the night. Ken said, guess what time it is? 11:00!" I so wanted it to be 6 in the morning.

She woke up twice so far. All I did was pick her up and hold her and rock her. She just wanted to see my face. She stares deeply into our faces. that is a good sign. She keeps waking me up by her sweet sucking noises...I feel like I have a newborn again!

Her Development: She really is a peanut! She can wear everything we brought...all a little big. She is very aware of what is going on in the room...however, she seems to be on a 4-5 month level as far as body movements. She can't sit up yet, and when I put her on a blanket on her tummy, she doesn't scoot or roll over.

What is so cute, is she is constantly moving her feet...like my mom!!! Round and Round! She kicks her legs constantly like Alec did when he was a baby!

ok..and she has the absolute flatest head I've ever seen. The back of her head is completely flat...wearing a headband will be a challenge!

After she pooped...a good thing because most adopted babies wont do this for 3-4 days, I changed her, and finally got a brief smile out of her.

She seems very content. You can tell that she has been covered in prayer. God is so good!

I never expected the rush of emotions. ok. So no one ever blogs about this part... I had a moment where I grieved over the end of our "family of 3"...never really saw that coming. Someone said you can get the "baby blues" with adoption. I think it's just sheer exhaustion and the OVERWHELMING task/responsibility of caring for another child. We will fall into our groove soon...but right now I would do anything to get on the first plane home. I am incredibly homesick! I am ready to fall into my "New Normal" let me tell ya.

Thank you for your comments. I look forward to reading them!

Yall...she really is precious. We are so blessed. I was walking to fill out papers and there are babies screaming, won't go to the moms...or whatever. wow. Addie Grace is so laid back and content. I think she likes us!

ok. Enough for now. I'm wide awake...but we have a long day tomorrow with appointments starting at 8:00 a.m. Alec wants to stay at the hotel while we travel. I'm not comfortable with that. I feel very uneasy in this city.

Thank you for your prayers. We love you all

More pics tomorrow!!!