3 Years Ago On This VERY day @ 1pm!

Becca came into our lives! We got "the call" from our adoption agency and were told of our precious diva. Little did we know just how "DIVAFIED" she is! ;op~





Name: Guang Qiu Yang (chew yang)
Birthdate: 9/26/03
Weight: 8.7 kg (19 lbs.)
Height: 68 cent.
Orphanage: Guangchang Social Welfare Institute (SWI)
Province: Jiangxi, China

Ah, the good ole days. I remember standing on the second or third floor of this hotel that was quite nice.......babies started arriving! Crying, arriving, looking all over the place. I recognized our friends child first. (Aly S.) Her momma was next to me. Couldn't miss her. I didn't see Becca. WAIT.....in the middle was a very chubby baby, wrapped in a HUGE pink snowsuit with bright red cheeks looking all around, and eating something.

THERE SHE WAS! My daughter. Oh my gosh. I wanted to race down the stairs and get her, but we weren't allowed to do that. We had to wait for the official room, with the official, official, the nannies, the paperwork......I remember thinking to myself, am I fit to be a mom? Will she like me? Will she like daddy? God, what do I do with her?! Will the "motherly instinct" kick in? Will she cry? Will she love us? Oh Lord........help us!!! Just then? We got the go-ahead to go into a conference room at the Lakeview Hotel. There were about 6 parents/families in that room waiting for their children.







We sat, and about 5 minutes later, THE BABIES CAME IN!!!! REBECCA WAS THE FIRST ONE IN! She was so hot! Bright, rosy red cheeks. Crying. Not happy. Her little life was about to be turned inside and out, upside and ALL around. They called her name and daddy and I stood up to go and get her. That was one of the most proudest days in all my life. I was MOMMA! I am MOMMA! Rebecca went to me at first and cried her eyes out. Screamed her lungs to death. Kicked like nobody's business. Sad thing was, someone was suppose to take pictures of that FIRST MOMENT. (They didn't.) This fist, is just a memory! *sad*

Daddy got to hold her. Cried the dickens off everyone elses baby! Everyone was staring at us. Like we didn't know how to keep her quiet. Other babies were crying but not like Becca. Three solid, whole, complete days of crying. NONSTOP except to sleep. No eating, no drinking, no pottying, NOTHING. She was grieving and grieving HARD! Finally, we had to ask our guide for help. She sat little Miss Becca down on a bed, talked to her in Chinese VERY harshly, fed her some prunes and within 30 minutes we had her first POTTY experience! WE HAD LIFT OFF! :o)




We saw a piece of her personality and her little self, each and everyday after that! It was nice.

And now look at her?! Reminds me of a song...."Isn't she lovely" by Stevie Wonder.

Momma Kooky