We have our Joy!!!

Sunday, 7/20/08 at 6:00 PM, Zhengzhou. - We flew from Beijing today and arrived in Zhengzhou at 1:20 PM. Jenny our guide picked us up at the airport and informed us that at 3:30 PM we would be recieving Joy Minrui in the lobby of the hotel. We arrived at the hotel about 2:30 and by the time we checked in we had about 30 minutes. After going to the lobby they brought her out to meet us. Rui Rui (pronounced Ray Ray) as we are calling her right now, allowed herself to go right to Meg and sat on her lap. No crying, just her sitting and taking it all in almost very knowing. She is a little bigger than we expected and as cute and as perfect as can be!!! Jenny whisked us off to get pictures for our meeting tomorrow, and then across the street to a department store and supermarket. I am sure it was quite overwhelming for Joy, but you would not have known by how easy she was. I ended up carrying her through the stores for about an hour (my forearm strength is coming back). She & I along with Mac & Jake goofed off with her while we tagged behind Jenny, Meg, & Melissa as they shopped ahead of us. She smiled and pointed a couple of times with me at things, and then gave me eskimo kisses. She is precious and already stolen our hearts. She cryed briefly as Meg and Melissa got her out of her clothes and changed her. Right now she is snuggled back against Meg with Melissa on the bed watching some show that looks like "China's Got Talent"; it looks like it was enough to put her to sleep. As you can see from the time on this blog alot has happened in less than three hours today. We have ordered room service and are in for the night.

Joy just woke up when the food arrived. She sat on Meg's lap and ate noodles off of Meg's chop sticks. She loved the noodles & rice and ate plenty. By the way she recievd all the stuff we had sent her back in May and was dressed in the dress we had sent to her. All of the items were in the backpack we sent and was handed to us with her. It looks like we will be going to the orphanage on Wednesday. We will keep you posted.