More Tuesday April 17...

Hi everyone!
First off, thank you so much for all of the lovely comments and wishes. They mean so much to us and we miss you guys. I would like to tell you a bit about our daughter. Right now she is upstairs sleeping and being watched very closely by her daddy.

Allie is such a good little girl. She has a smile (with 14 very sharp teeth) a mile wide and an infectious giggle. She is a little tornado that has destroyed the hotel room at least 5 times already. She loves shoes and is facinated by ours and trys to carry them around and hide them in the room. She is so very curious and can be seen throwing things under the beds just so she can lay on her tummy and see where they go. She is trying to learn to drink out of a water bottle so all of our water has baby backwash in it (the water is not drinkable in China so we are keeping the Chinese economy afloat by buying bottles of water). Last night she woke up and I broke all rules of mommyhood and let her sleep with me. So I didn't get much sleep as I was so busy watching her and wondering what she was thinking about all of this. She loves to carry toys around and then throw them. She cuddles and gives the wettest kisses ever and fell asleep in my arms that first night. Now that is the only place she will go to sleep. She adores looking at herself in the mirror, window reflections, and elevator doors and will blow kisses to herself.
Today she was officially adopted into our family. I already am smitten and cannot imagine not having her here. I can't wait for all of you to meet my daughter.
Tami