Meeting Emma Lael

we met emma lael today...we first saw nai nai bring her in on the back of her bike...she was all smiles...she went to the swing set and nai nai pushed her on the swing...she was laughing the entire time having a ball...then we were told we could come out to the play garden to see her, we were instructed to let her take the lead....as soon as she saw us she RAN WITH HER ARMS WIDE OPEN....she then stopped for a second pointed and said mama....yes, i did cry but a soft cry...she pointed to kent said Bah Bah....natalie said Jie Jie...she knew who we were....you won't believe this but the photo i have posted is the only photo i have from our first time seeing each other....the entire time the video was running and my mom was taking pictures with her camera....we have plenty of photos but not sure how to download her photos yet...will figure that out later....she PERFECT...she is very petite....taller than i thought...L O N G legs and fingers....her hair is black and thicker and longer than i thought....she talks NON stop very chatty....it is obvious she is loved by many here at New Day....grace one of the employees said that emmma lael came up to her grabbed her hand and told her to come meet her mama, bah bah & jie jie....she introduced us to several nannies today...she is truly like a little adult.
we went to preschool with her... the preschool class is very organzied & structed the kids are precious, every single one of them...she is the smallest but appears to hold her own weight for sure...she is precious.
our flights were perfect nothing could of went better thus far....we arrived at new day at 11:30 am, ate lunch... took showers then met emma lael at 3:00 pm... we were with her until 5:00 pm... the plan was to be with her while nai nai was with her but she was so comfortable with us that nai nai left saying "she knows them well"...nai nai came to pick her up and she didn't want to go, she wanted to stay outside and play she told one of the ladies.
THANK YOU everyone for your prayers...i was so prepared for the worst and i'd have to say this was a TEN...the Lords finger prints are all over this entire process....being on her own turf i'm sure makes it a bit easier for her...we still do expect grieving when she's taken from nai nai and her life in china forever....off to bed it's 6:20 pm...we've been up now for 48 hours....we slept a little on the plane but not much ....my mom, natalie & kent are already sleeping.