Everything went very well today as we picked up Mia.  I’ll keep the words to a minimum as I’m sure you would rather just see pictures.  They told us that her name means “Diamond.”  They also told us that there nickname for her was “Chop” which means “no hair.”  The staff really seemed to love these babies and we felt very good about the care that Mia has had over the last 11 months.  She hasn’t really appreciated having a new mom yet, but she will come around.  I have some additional pictures from the day that I may post later, but for now I thought I would stick to just “Mia” pictures!

They informed us today that the Giving and Receiving Ceremony has been set for Wendesday. So, tomorrow we will be going to get Mia’s medical exam and Tuesday is going to be a site-seeing day.

Cameron

Here we are talking to the care givers.  They told us Mia’s schedule, what she eats, what she likes, doesn’t like, etc.  The man in the bottom right corner is Mr. Hiep, the in-country director for our adoption agency.

Here is Kelly holding Mia for the first time!

Both of the babies were very tired, and Mia ended up falling asleep on Kelly during the meeting.

Here is a picture of the two families, the care givers, and Mr. Hiep.

OK, HERE is were I thought we might run into problems.  Kelly started picking up other kids on the way out the door.  I was concerned that she was going to take of running with two!  Reluctantly, she gave this beautiful girl up and remained content with only one baby!

Here is Kelly getting back into the cab on our way to the hotel.

OK, I had to put in at least ONE picture of Kelly crying.  Actually, truth be told, she did a pretty good job.  She cried just a little bit when we first arrived and then just here, when we left.  I think she really just felt bad for the care givers.  They seemed very sorry to see the girls go.

In the hotel lobby, Mia woke up.  With the pictures I picked to put in this entry, you would like she didn’t cry much.  That is NOT true.  She actually cried quite a bit, poor little thing.  Such a disruption to her little life.

One final shot of Mia in our hotel room.  It is starting to seem real!