We met Princess Maiah!!

Sorry for the delay but it was a holiday so the business center was closed at our new hotel in Mongolia. First off, everything travel wise has gone so smooth and been just perfect. We met our daughter for the first time last night and she has alot of personality. The Mongolian caretaker said she talked about her parents, her Mommy and Daddy and her brother and sister all day before we got there but once we became real it was a lot for her to handle. She was feeling very overwhelmed and was crying and shaking a little bit. I can only imagine all the thoughts in her mind. All of the other kids were all over us, sitting in our laps and loving on us and she just kept watching. All of the kids know that we were coming for Her. As they saw us walking up the stairs, a few of them saw us and started yelling for Nandin to come see as they have all looked at her family book over and over again. Its pretty amazing how much they really understand. All the kids are beautiful. Maiah is much bigger than we thought, she even has a cute little belly on her, very healthy looking!!! I don't think the 3's I brought are going to fit,am glad I packed a couple of 4's. She has a beautiful smile although we did not see much of it last night. We will leave the hotel shortly to go spend the day with her and we may even take her out to lunch. She has the quite a mind of her own. She chose her own outfit to wear and would not put on the pretty dress they put out for her to meet us. She takes after her sister......They say she loves clothes so we are bringing a few of her new outfits for her to choose from so we can take her out. We were only able to visit for about an hour last night, not much time to really get connected. We got one photo of her half sitting on my lap!! We are trying to post it. After we had all gone downstairs,Derek went back up to peek and she was crying because we left. This was a great sign. They said she is kind of playing a little game and that's OK. He was able to get a small hug out of her and he kissed her cheek and she said goodbye. Its a start. Now that the she knows we are real, hopefully today will be a better day for her and us. Nate and Kate think the world of her already, they stayed up talking about her for a while last night. Thank you for praying....Love you all, Stacy