Gotcha Day!!

Yeah! Eden Eicher has finally joined our family. They brought her to our room at about 3:45 pm today. To be honest it was a very strange experience. Alicia, who picked us up from the airport yesterday was there and then two men. One man holding Eden and another holding someone else's child they were about to deliver. Alicia - our contact - stayed in the room while the men delivered the other baby. She had us fill out some papers and sign our name various places. Eden was so cute though - I took her from the man and she just kept looking at me. Not making any noises just staring at me. Then looked at Abraham and once Rob put down the camera looked at him. I went to kiss her cheek and she pulled back and gave me a big stare. It was cute!
Then to make the first bottle - oh my! I never used a bottle with Abraham and when I watch kids who do, the mom just says take this and add water. I think I made three bottles before getting it right, it did not help that she was crying. I just could not think straight right then. Also, I was trying to use these liners for the bottle and that was just not going to work. The women told us she is used to 5 scoops of formula and 3 scoops of rice cereal in her milk - it just would not fit. So I ended up making a bottle with about 3 scoops of formula and no rice cereal. I gave her rice cereal out of a bowl on a spoon and she loved it. You could tell it was her first time eating that way. She did great though! Then we realized that she must take a bottle sitting up. I had her in the sling which also calmed her right down - I fed her while in the sling and gave her the bottle that way as well. I assumed before coming here that she was being worn by her foster Mom since that is what most women do with their babies - so the sling must have felt more normal to her. After feeding her we decided to venture out. We went to KFC since we could not find the Chinese restaurant we were looking for. I kept her in the sling the entire time. Oh and it was pouring rain so that was fun, running around trying to get under overhangs and then cross the street quick once we got the light. She just looked around and was quiet the whole time. It was fun to snuggle with her that entire time.
Then once home I gave her a bath - she balled. Oh we fed her one more time - this time it went much better. We are going to leave the rice cereal out of the bottle and just do what we did earlier - she seems to do fine that way. When we came in I was trying to get the bath ready and her bottle etc, Rob was out getting water so Abraham stepped right in. I placed her on the bed and she fell over and was crying so he sat her up with pillows on all sides to keep her in place. He gave her toys and she was happy then. Then once the rice cereal was made he asked if he could feed her, I showed him how and he fed her almost the entire bowl. It was such a help to me! I knew he was going to be a great big brother.
Oh one funny thing Abraham said when the two men came in with the girls - "which one is the real one?"
Bed time has been a bit tricky. We laid her down and immediately she began to cry. So we let her go a few minutes to see if she would just fall asleep. She did not - so Rob got her out to hold her. I then took her wrapped her in a blanket and she went right out in my arms - precious moment! Then laying her down she woke again but patting her on the butt and speaking softly seems to calm her back to sleep. While I type Eden is asleep, Abraham is asleep and Rob is...... waiting for me to tell him I am done on the computer I think.
So there you have it - our first day with Eden. Wow! Can't believe she is finally here and we have her. Abraham asked if we will always keep her - we told him yes and he said "good." He has been so cute with her already!
We will not be able to meet the foster mom and we are not even sure if we will be able to talk to anyone who knows much about her first 10 months. Tomorrow will be our chance so we will see. We are to be ready by 8:30 a.m. - ha! That should be interesting!
I will try to post more pictures - but this one took a long time to load so we will see.