We have Ciarra Grace

What a day. I can't believe we finally have her. I did sleep better last night but we were up at 4:30 to leave for the airport. We arrived in Jinan at 8:30 this morning, a small town of 6-7 million people. Our hotel is about 45 minutes from the airport and is downtown. Ciarra arrived about 2:30. Everything happened so fast. We did not get to talk to the orphanage director or nannies much but are planning to visit the orphanage on Tuesday. Ciarra came from her foster family this morning and is really grieving. She has cried quite a lot but is now a sleep at about 8:30. We did get a few smiles and she definitely knows how to tell us no when she doesn't want something. She has only drank water and doesn't seem to care for the formula we brought. She did eat a few bites of mashed potatoes from KFC. She even took the spoon and then tried to give us bites. She is holding on tight to me but did let Brian hold her. We did get some answers to the questions I had sent with her care package. She is drinking out of a cup also and seems to eat a lot of different food. She has been healthy and likes to be where there are crowds(this is good to know since she will be going to many games in the future). From all the Bethany seminars and the books I have read, I know this grieving for her foster mother is good and necessary. We did not get any pictures of smiles today, but hopefully tomorrow we will make more progress. She is so precious and we love to see the smiles. I can't wait for you to be able to play with her Hannah. She already likes to give the ball I brought to Brian and they have been playing catch. Since she is a sleep now this better be all so I can get some sleep too. Hope to have more pictures tomorrow.