Baby Nathan Day!

Hello all!

Our God is so awesome and knows exactly the plans He has for us! When we looked into our baby's face today, we knew God had picked him out especially for us - just like every other adoptive parent says.

Here is the day (shortened). This morning we got up at 5 am to get to the airport for our 7:45 flight to Wuhan, Hubei. It was a hard flight only on our ears, but fast (only 1 hr. 40 min.) from Beijing. Please pray for my ears and sinuses. My allergies are still raging.

But, on to what you really want to hear about - baby Nathan! We arrived in Wuhan around 9:30 and got to the hotel I think by 10:30 or 11:00 am. We had time to unpack, get our stuff ready, eat lunch and leave for the Civil Affairs office at 2:30 pm to meet our baby. I was so grateful for our family coordinator's advice to basically not expect the day to go at all like you think it will. There were 6 families at the office waiting for babies, and our director was late. So, they gave the babies to the families and Matt & I, and April & Jeff B. had to wait another 1/2 hour for ours.

Needless to say, it was worth the wait! Baby Nathan is the sweetest thing ever! I will try to upload some pictures now because I know that is what you really want and I will write more tomorrow. Love, us :) (Incidentally, I am unable to see my blog today and I assume it is because we are a different province, but I am not sure and will ask others tomorrow about theirs.)

The pictures did not work so I will try again tomorrow morning. I am so sorry. Goodnight.