Day 3 with Kelcy

Everyone is sleeping so I finally had a chance to update the blog.  It has been a great couple of days with Kelcy so far but I forgot how busy toddlers can be... I wanted to catch everyone up on how things were going.  When we met Kelcy on our first day together it was a whirlwind.  We were suppossed to meet her at 3pm in the afternoon in our hotel room so at 1130am our local guide took us toWal-mart (right down the street) to get some water and snacks for the week.  While we were at WalMart, our guide got a phone call from the orphanage Nannies letting him know that they were at the hotel already and it was only 12:30pm.  So we rushed out of the store and headed towards the hotel and we actually met Kelcy in the pavilian outside our hotel.  Not the best situation because it was super hot, we had grocery bags, and then we needed to walk into the hotel and get up to the 18th floor.  The chaos kind of scared Kelcy and overwhelmed her.  We had deocrated the hotel room with streamers and balloons so that we had a festive room with toys....and this helped to break the ice a little when we got to the room.  The nannies left the room which scared Kelcy again and she did cry for a few minutes....until I pulled out the stickers.  The stickers became her security blanket and she clutched them all day - she did take a nap that afternoon and clutched her stickers the whole time she slept.  So on her first day with us she took a nap, ate a good dinner, let me give her a bath and she slept in the bed and slept for 12 hours.  We feel very fortunate that her first day went well and were wondering how she would do on Tuesday when we needed to handle the adoption paperwork.  Tuesday actually went well agani...she had a great breakfast - she loves breakfast sausages!  She ate about 4 and some other fruits.  We did see her orphanage nannies at the notary office where Tommy and I had to sign some more papers....she did cry again when she left for a few moments but then I pulled out the stickers and that helped her calm down. Today we went to the People's Park which is an amusement/fair type setting where kids can ride various rides...so Conner and Kelcy had a chance to ride together and they both had a great time and then fell asleep on the taxi ride back to the hotel.  We are starting to see more of her personality coming out and she has been singing and giggling and chasing after Conner....we bought her some more bubbles today and she has been blowing them all day.  Today she struggled with Tommy a little.....she didn't want to do have much to do with him so we are trying to find opportunities where they can interact and play more.  She actually came running up to me last night and put her arms up so I picked her up and she gave me a hug.... We feel very blessed and relieved that she feels more comfortable with us.....we continue to pray that she feels more and more secure everyday....I do worry that she has not grieved a lot yet and we know that she may have some difficult days ahead - especially when we need to fly to Guanzhou.  She is a very brave little girl and has been so willing to try new things so we are just thrilled to finally have her in our family (and our arms :-))  Here are some random pictures from the last couple of days...I am sorry if my spelling is off - I tend to type late at night so I hope things make sense.