Monday Visit

Monday, Nov 25

We met our baby!!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!!  Only God could match us up with such a perfect little girl!  We weren't allowed to take any videos or pictures of our first encounter (until we signed a form at the notary office saying we wouldn't publish photos or videos of her).  That was quite the disappointment.  We will never get to experience that moment of first meeting her again.  We were waiting in the front lobby as they brought her down a long hallway from upstairs where she lives.  She was in a pink sweat suit with tights and a onesie on.  Our facilitator wasn't too happy with her outfit because normally the kids are "prettied up" for these visits.  I don't care what clothes she was wearing!  She was gorgeous!

She wasn't feeling well. The poor girl is very skinny.  Her legs are quite long but very scrawny.  She needs a family; some food and some love. Poor munchkin. She had a terribly runny nose.  The staff gave her cold medicine and it caused this poor child to be quite drowsy.  She was very pale and made very little eye contact.  The lack of eye contact was to be expected from a child who was raised in an orphanage but the cold medicine didn't help anything.  She did a lot of stimming (self stimulation) -sucking her tongue (also sticking it out quite a bit), made clicking sounds from the back of her throat, sucking her hand and her favourite was to watch her hand/fingers.  It was so sad to see stimming in person...to know that this child has so little contact with people that she has to find her HANDS entertaining!  GRRRR!!!!
 
It sounds like the staff was surprised she didn't cry for us. I guess little miss likes to cuddle and be pampered especially when she is feeling ill...go figure!!!  (That is written with a lot of sarcasm and anger). 

It was a really good visit although it was in the lobby and surrounded by people.  She didn't want anything to do with ANY of the toys we brought.  All she wanted to do was cuddle...I was ok with that :)  She DID NOT want down, nor were WE allowed to sit on the chair with her...she wanted to be carried ha ha.  I did finally figure out she liked to touch the cold window.  Near the end of the second visit, she would put out her hand so I could touch it to the window...progress baby!!!