What We Know ...

Alright, after a crazy ... good crazy ... evening, our feet are firmly planted back on solid ground! What an extreme high we were on last night ... we took that baby picture EVERYWHERE!!! Things certainly did not go as 'planned' though, I can tell you. We had the camcorder all charged up, paper and pen ready by the phone and the intention of not revealing 'her' until after I fed exed the photo overnight to my aunt who would then call me when my mother arrived at her place and who would then hand me the phone and my mother the package. THAT was 'the plan'.
Now here is how it all went down...
A couple of girlfriends had dropped in for the afternoon and we sat around chatting and enjoying the gorgeous sunshine. After Laurie left, I grabbed the computer to check for updates ... nothing ... and at about 4:30 I accepted that Monday was going to be the day! Just as Mary was leaving ... the phone RANG! Donna had news ... and it was good! Poor gal was subjected to my hysterics as we caught the first glimpse of our daughter ... it was magical! I then called my sister and told her ... "Check your hotmail and call me back!" Click. Can you believe that! Then we opened the champagne and had a toast upstairs in Cadence's room ... ahhh! From there, it was phone madness I tell you! I called my mom, talked to my sister, called a few friends, talked to my mom ... again ... and then Mary's husband came by and Martha and Jim ... it was a celebration! Dave and Mary treated us to a fantastic dinner at my favourite restaurant ... we brought Cadence with us of course and showed her off! Oh, and I need to add that NOTHING was captured on film!
And so this morning I am happy and calm and able to provide you with some details about Cadence:
Her original name is Qian Li Yao.
She was born on Nov. 18, 2006.
She is in foster care in Chongqing City in the Province of Sichuan.
On April 18th she was 61 cm long and weighed 6.1 kg.
She is described as active and restless (quite like her dad I'd say!) and likes to imitate and loves music.
That is all we know so far.
Thank you EVERYONE for all of your heartfelt comments ... we couldn't be happier!