Day 5 Monday, September 21, 2009

Well, after a long day of anticipation, we set out for the Adoption Registry Center of Guangdong Province at 2:30 pm. There was only one other family in our group, the rest went to different provinces. We arrived and the other family received their baby almost right away. Other families from other adoption groups also arrived and received their children. The wait was killing us but it is a special sight to see other people that you don't even know have there gotcha day. Why is it so hard to wait for a few minutes when you have been waiting for almost two years? Our guide told us that the reason for Megan's delay was that she was being transported form her orphanage in the southern part of China and the trip was several hours. We caught a glimpse of Megan arriving, strapped in a baby carrier attached to the front of one of her two nannies. They quickly took her to a back room but reemerged a few moments later walking with some assistance. Then came the tears. I was not sure if I was going to cry or not, but Chris had no doubts that I would. I'll let the pictures describe the rest.









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