Straight On To Madi Mei!

Internet access here has been slow and spotty to be able to update, so I'll say that we did see the Forbidden City since I last wrote.  Here's a pic of our boys with our guide Tom.  He was great while we were in Beijing!

And of course, the Forbidden City was awesome:

But, the main event was yet to come.  On Monday morning we were up by 2am getting ready for an early morning flight to the Shanxi province to go get Madi!.  We arrived at the hotel around 10am, but then had to wait until 2pm for our Guide Lisa to take us to our appointment to complete our initial paperwork and to receive Madi.  Here's a picture of us with Lisa outside the Civil Service office:

After waiting in the office for about 15 minutes and with no warning at all, in came Madeline Mei Wingo!  Words cannot describe the feelings the four of us had at hat moment.  To spend all this time working and waiting, and to finally have the moment come .. it was awesome (and I don't use that word as often as Caleb!).  When they put her in Tina's arms, she began to cry, but only for about 30 seconds.  She calmed down as the boys fed her goldfish and she ate a cookie.  After a few minutes of paperwork, we were able to bring her back to the hotel where she met 3 of her 4 grandparents!  Her Papa has been keeping up with her by Skype and email.

Here are some pics from that first day:

The first day with Madi was a great one!  I am so happy that she is comfortable and feels the love we have for her!