Monday, January 21, 2008

Gotcha Day - January 21, 2008

It is almost 9 PM and it is the first time available to post. The
Bethany group did not get here from Beijing until 2:30 in the
afternoon and we were getting a bit worried. We were told to not
leave the room after 12:00 and the wait seemed endless. At 3:30 we
boarded a bus with 8 other families and departed for the babies.

Shiyan - the group leader from China - established an order to accept
the babies on the bus ride. They must have gone by age as the Paynes
were to be last. We had the duty of picture taker for a few of the
families and of course Lily came out as the second baby in our
group. Chaos - complete chaos. Cameras were flying everywhere -
video cameras were airbone between couples - all trying to get a shot
of their new babies.

It is time for Lily to get to bed - so more in 9 hours. Happy Day,

Greg, Sue and Lily

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Greg, Sue & Lily,
I pulled up your blog to show Leonard the pictures and comments and he was so excited! He's called JoAnn to come in to see them. All of us here at work are so excited for all of you.
I'm praying the rest of your time there goes well and your trip home too. God bless you all!
Shirley

kathleen said...

Lovely Lily, Happy Mom and dad, we are so excited to see the photos...we have goose bumps and smiles and tears all at the same time. Travel safely, love, Kathleen and Chris flynn Fox

Grandpa G said...

How cool is it to be a zillion miles away and still get to enjoy your first moments with Lily? She looks great and so do her new parents. Have a great time getting to know each other.

Ron and Mary

The Leyes Family said...

Greg, Sue and Lily,

We love the pictures! She is so cute! We are happy that we could share in your happy day!

Brian and Megan