Looking cool in Mama's shades while hanging out at Noodles!

Wow, 3 weeks ago today we got our Ava Rose!

I can't believe its been three weeks already! On one hand, it feels like she's always been a part of our family but on the other hand, everyday something is new about Ava. Again, sorry for the delay in posting, but Miss Ava really keps us busy! She usually awakens between 6:30 to 7 AM, watches Mickey Mouse's Play house {Minnie Mouse rules! According to Ava...} has breakfast and then gets started on her day. Sometimes she naps, if we happen to be riding in the car or she's riding in her stroller, otherwise, she keeps going till on average 9 pm each night.

Anyway....there's so muc to share about her, so I thought I'd just jump in and share some random things about her, so here ya go....

The day we met her was incredible, of course! Brian and I were walking in a hallway that lead to the room where we were meeting her when we 1st saw her and she 1st saw us. When she spotted us, she screamed Happily....Mama, Baba!! (Which is Chinese for Mommy and Daddy) and then began to pack up her toys which she had brought with her and was ready to go!   She was still a bit shy meeting us, but was still obviously very excited about what was happening. The rest of the day was wonderful. We spent the day just sort of hanging out and getting to know her. Then it was time for bed and that's when things changed. A few minutes after we placed her in her bed with some toys, she looked at us and the big tears started falling and she began asking for her nannie from the orphanage. It  was heart breaking and it continued from about 10 pm till 6 am when Ava saw the sun comming up. Although that was so hard, the fact that she missed her nannie so much shows just how well she was cared for and loved.  Her nannie cried when it was time for the good byes earlier that day too...

Ok, ok let's lighten things up....the next day was a lot betterthan the night before, the cheerful, spunky girl who loves Minnie Mouse and anyting pink was back and so the fun continued. Here are some more pictures.

She's a ham in front of the cam

Meeting Ava for the very 1st time....

Wow, what an adventure we have had in China! Sorry I haven't been able to post to our blog, the Internet has been hard to access here to say the least. Once we are home and as soon as I have a chance, I will post all about our trip.  For now, here's a quick bit about our time here...
 
Our trip over went very smoothly, we met our sweet Ava on May 30 and it was sooooo cute, she saw us waking into the room, yelled Mama, Baba and then ran to pack up her stuff she had with her, she was ready to go! She was a little shy, but she knew we were her mama and baba and she was thrilled about that. That first day with her was so much fun, we learned that she loves anything pink, loved to giggle and be silly and could be very loud....she let out such a loud yell on the elevator that day, that she startled a man getting on the elevator, that was really funny! 
 
Well, I thought I had the energy to write, but I don't. Ava is a very busy girl, and she reallu keeps us hoping.....its almost 10pm here and shes still going strong.  We have to be up by 4 am tomorrow to start making our way back home. Until later, Nancy