Gotcha Day.....Revisted

We arrived in China on Saturday July 10 at 11:30 pm. We had been on flights for over 20 hours. We were exhausted. Our travel guide, Li Ping met us at baggage claim at the Nanchang Airport. His first words to us, "You get your daughter tomorrow." Wow, tomorrow was only 30 min away. We became very overwhelmed. We had thought we'd have at least a day to recover from jet lag and get mentally focused on being parents. So, needless to say I (melanie) had a wee bit of a mental breakdown once we arrived at the hotel. I was nervous, anxious, scared, and super tired. Whitney(my sister) helped me through it. Thank God she was there.

The next day, after waking up and trying the hotel's breakfast buffet and then going to the grocery store next door to get some formula and diapers, we loaded a van to travel to our daughter.

I'll let the pictures do the talking...................................

This is where we met Ally, the 27th floor of a building.

The Orphanage workers arrive with the babies. (Can you pick out which baby is Ally?)


A moment 4 1/2 years in the making..........Ryan and I being handed over our daughter, Yue Meidong a.k.a. Allyson Marie Fenton

The only tears we had from her, she had to be so scared.

I'm checking out my girl, she's checking us out too.

Ally meets her Pappaw for the first time

On our way back to the hotel

Ally Skyping her Nana for the first time

All cleaned up and ready for dinner

Our first family photo, in the restaurant at the Jiangxi Hotel