The Crying Game

Hi everyone, it's Cammie. It's been a very long, wonderful yet exhausting day. As you know, we got to the hotel and received a call an hour earlier than expected that Ana had arrived! I was so caught off guard! She's as gorgeous as I remembered her, just bigger in size. When she gets more used to us, I can't wait to nibble on her chunky baby thighs! It's 7:30 here and it's very quiet for the first time in several hours. Poor Ana is having a really hard time, she cried for a couple hours straight a while ago. God bless Michelle for taking Ian out to the pool to swim while we tried our best to console her. There is just unfortunately nothing we can do to help her. She's scared, and confused, and just miserable. It's been very difficult to hear your baby cry and know that there's nothing you can do to help, and furthermore, that seeing you, or having you hold her makes things worse. We ended up walking up and down the hallway, with her facing out bouncing and she seemed to be able to calm down and when we returned to the room, was so much happier. Coming from a hogar, I'm sure Ana spends her share of time in her crib, and is not held a lot. We didn't receive a crib until about an hour ago, and when it arrived, she reached for it. We put her in, and she's been happy as a clam, and in fact, I just checked and she is currently sleeping peacefully, hallelujah! I felt so sad for her earlier, she was just so upset, so overwhelmed. I totally expected this on some level, but it's been a lot harder than I thought it would be. I know we are not alone though, there are herds of other adoptive parents walking the halls tonight as well, I can currently hear three separate cries coming from various directions. Anyways, just wanted to update you all, wish I had some pictures to share, here's hoping she is feeling better tomorrow. Well, I'm going to join the sleeping masses now, we are all completely wiped out. Oh and by the way, Ian appears to be completely smitten with his new baby sister. He told Greg though that he wished she didn't cry so much, I guess we're all on the same page there. Nighty night everyone :)