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Wednesday November 2^nd, 2011

The day had finally come! Maria Elena and Raul picked us up and took us to the SNA office. We waited for a while and then had a short meeting with the psychologist, Rosa Torres. She was kind but very down to business. We then went directly to the orphanage Nuevo Futura.. What a fitting name. Especially as it applies to our daughter, a NEW FUTURE! They took us to a little room with some couches and a coffee table. Soon, they brought in the cutest little chic-a-dee ever! Tears filled our eyes. Barney was in hand:) We had a little Barney that aunt Amy had given to her. She loved it. She is very, very, very shy. Almost paralyzingly shy. She came to us but wouldn't crack a smile or speak at all. We had to slowly but surely win our way with her. After a little bit, we went to another room and she was sort of coming sh) and she started crying, really hard. It was absolutely horrible. I was crying, Larry was crying and the director of the orphanage was crying. It was actually a good thing though. They needed to see that she was somewhat “attached” to us. Ooooohhhh my! Our new daughter,, after spending the day with us, did not want us to leave! Broken hearts, all the way around!

11-2-11!! What an amazing day! One that we will never forget!

Psalm 96:1-3 Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. PUBLISH HIS GLORIOUS DEEDS AMONG THE NATIONS. TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS HE DOES!!!!!!!out of her shell. She worked all sorts of puzzles and built with some duplo blocks. She is very smart:) We helped her with her lunch and then she got to come out while we went to lunch with Maria Elena, Raul and the director. She was missing her nap and she started looking very sleepy. I took her out of the high chair and held her on my lap and she fell asleep. Soooo sweet little angel. The real ice breaker, when we returned, was some bracelets I had on my wrist. I took them off and let her hold them. Then daddy helped her switch them from one arm to the other. All the while we were referring to each other as Mama and Papa. Eventually, Larry would say, “put one on mama's arm” and I would stick my hand out for her to slip on. But, by the end of day we wouldn't make a move in her direction when Larry said the same thing and she just knew which one was mama and papa!!! Tears rolled down our faces. She knew us as her mommy and daddy! Soon, it was time for us to go for the day and I was leaving her one bracelet and the “house mom” told her we were leaving(in Spanish) and she started crying, really hard. It was absolutely horrible. I was crying, Larry was crying and the director of the orphanage was crying. It was actually a good thing though. They needed to see that she was somewhat “attached” to us. Ooooohhhh my! Our new daughter,, after spending the day with us, did not want us to leave! Broken hearts, all the way around!

11-2-11!! What an amazing day! One that we will never forget!

Psalm 96:1-3 Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. PUBLISH HIS GLORIOUS DEEDS AMONG THE NATIONS. TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS HE DOES!!!!!!!