I don’t really know where to start. We are so full of joy and love. I will try to get it all in this post.
There are two other families here with us in Chongqing – one from Helena, Alabama and one from India (North Carolina originally). We all loaded in a bus to head out to the Chongqing Adoption Registration Administration Center. The ride to the agency was an experience. The lines on the road don’t seem to matter much and whoever is the biggest vehicle wins. I just stopped watching because I was convinced by the time we got there that we almost wrecked 20 times and just got lucky.
When we arrived at the building we took an elevator to the 14th floor. The agency closes for lunch from 12-2, so they weren’t back open yet. We only had to wait few minutes and the doors opened for us to come in. We had just walked in when the elevator opened again and there where the two children who the other families were adopting. No one was prepared to take pictures or video. It happened so fast. The children were just there and in their arms. I immediately started crying because I was so happy for the families and it was such an emotional moment for us all. We were then told that Lucy was coming from a different orphanage and she would not be at the agency until 230pm. To be honest, I was a bit relieved. I had time to compose myself and be better prepared for her arrival. I also understood how it would work since I just watched it happen with the other families.
Madison began counting down the time and calling out how many minutes where left after the clock hit 220pm. It was like a movie when he said it was 230pm. The elevator stopped at our floor and out come three ladies and LUCY! They walked past us and went to our guide to ask which family. As soon as Lucy turned to look she said “Baba” and came down towards us. I hugged her but to be honest, she wasn’t studying me. She immediately went from me to Heith and said “Baba”. We had been told in the bus ride over that Baba meant Daddy. She didn’t want to let him go. When we sat down on the benches the Nanny handed us a small bag with a few of her things. Included in the bag was the photo book we sent her. Lucy pulled the book out and started pointing at the photos. “Baba” she said again and then pointed at the photo and then to Heith. She then said, “Gege” (pronounced Gu-gu) and pointed to the photo of Madison and then actually to Madison. She pointed at the photo of me and said “Mama”, and pointed at the picture. She looked but didn’t point at me. It was only then I realized that she didn’t recognize me. I had my hair pulled back (the humidity here is doing wonders for the hair – it is BIG) and I looked different than she expected from the photo. Heith pointed at the picture and said “Mama” and then pointed at me and said “Mama”. It was then she decided she wanted to come sit with me and see what I was all about.
We had the opportunity to talk to the Assistant Director from Lucy’s orphanage, Love Manor, and one of the nannies that helped with Lucy’s care. They answered many questions about her daily care, food she liked and other general questions. During that 
time Lucy discovered Heith’s phone when he pulled it out to snap a quick pic. She took it from his hand and immediately wanted to take a selfie! She went straight to the camera ap and held the camera out to take the picture. She definitely knew how to work the phone.
We left the office and returned to the bus for the ride back to the hotel. My mom took a video of us leaving the building and Madison decided to take this opportunity to be interviewed on camera. I love him so much!! We are trying to upload the video but it is taking forever. Hopefully I can attach it on a different post.
I am sure the bus ride back was just as eventful with all the other cars as the ride there, but I couldn’t tell you about it because 
were just focused on Lucy and what she was doing. My sweet mother in law had purchased her an iPad. She was loving it on the bus ride back and she insisted on sitting by Madison and Heith. She loves her Baba and Gege.
At the hotel, things went great with Lucy. We went to eat dinner in the hotel restaurant and she did great. We were struggling to figure out what she wanted to eat so I got small portions multiple things from the buffet. She smelled many things and ate a bit of most things I had put on the plate. When the waiter came to the table he spoke both English and Mandarin. I told him that we weren’t sure what she wanted to eat so he asked her. She told him she wanted a beef patty. They didn’t have anything like that on the buffet. So we made another sample plate to see if she would eat something different. Next thing we knew the chef had made her a burger and had it delivered to the table! Lucy had ordered her first dinner at a restaurant.
She wanted to sleep with her Baba last night. Heith said all night either her foot or arm was touching him. If he rolled over her little foot found his side or leg again.
We woke up this morning around 545am to Lucy saying “Baba”. We could not be more in LOVE!
Today we are going back to the Adoption Center a 2pm to sign all the documents so Lucy will officially be a Comer! We will update again after that visit.
Thank you all for following our journey!
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