Trip Summary - Back in our room

Back at the hotel by 11:30 a.m., changing diapers, feeding her, checking out her little body to ensure she had all her parts! We then got a personal visit by some of the staff from her orphanage (a senior person and two nannies) who answered any questions that we had. We were allowed to ask … anything! Unheard of! However, we kept our questions respectful and to a minimum, and then she was all ours!!! We could not believe how adorable she was, and how she just latched onto us. When the orphanage staff visited us in our rooms, she wouldn’t let them touch her. One picked her up out of my arms and she fussed and leaned back toward me. This was a major coup as usually the adoptive parent has to work really hard (for possibly months!) to get their baby to ‘prefer’ them over a stranger or semi-stranger. We had some lunch, took her out into the sunshine for a walk (the weather was really starting to warm up now), and then back to the room for some quiet play and a nap. Neil and I were playing with her on the bed for awhile and she was having a great time. At one point, she lay on the bed with her head between ours and just rolled back and forth grabbing our faces one at a time before rolling to the over and grabbing the next, all the while squealing in delight. It was as if she was thinking, these are great people … I just LOVE them!! Needless to say, she stole our hearts lock, stock and barrel!! And, as the saying goes, the rest is history!!! From that point on, Sammie didn’t let anyone touch her or hold her. If they tried, she made it very clear that she wanted back to her Mommy or Daddy.

Sammie made our bonding experience so incredibly easy. We’re not sure what we did right, but whatever it is, it worked!! And we’re so in love with our little peanut!