Gocha Day

March 17th

It is the day! The day I get Katie! I was so nervous! What if she refused me? I did not know how I would deal with that! I just had to put my trust in the Lord he would guide me I knew that for sure. He had brought me here to find my dream of having a family.

All went well, Katie came in with 7 other little Gong girls. We were on the 11th floor of the Majestic Hotel in Nanning in Guangxi Province China. All of the babies were quite. The director Mr. Song and 8 nannies all caring the babies. When I was called I went up and Mr. Song handed me Katie. She came to me and would not go to anyone else! She grabbed a hold of me as to say, Momma, where have you been! Mr. Song tried to take her back and she turned her head away from him and held onto me tight! I am sooooo blessed what a sweet child.

Here are some pictures of the special day. Katie was so tired she quickly went to sleep. I put her in the blue crib in the back ground. She slept about one hour and Mr. Song came in to see how we were doing. Everything was fine but I knew she was still very tired. When I tried to give her a bath she was scared to death! She screamed and grabbed at me when I put her in the tub. I quickly took her out and did not give her a bath. Poor Katie scared of water! The next day when I was holding her I saw in her right ear, puss coming out. She had a bad ear infection! You can tell by looking at the photo with Mr. Song how she was holding her head. I was so glad I had some Zythromax. I started her on the antibiotic and 3 days later she was feeling better. Her true personality came out! She was so funny but still very scared of water.