Photos from Changsha (the first week)

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Pictures from Guangzhou (second week)

The week in Changsha was very exciting and very challenging.  We got Hanna on Sunday night and spent the rest of the week doing paperwork, sight seeing and comforting a sad little girl who was having a tough time adjusting to these strange new parents.  But it had it's rewards and we caught a glimpse of what Hanna would be like a week later in Guangzhao.  For brief periods of time she would smile or speak or make eye contact.  She even played with the other babies one evening.  Then we got on the plane at the end of the week and landed in Guangzhou and we thought someone had switched babies with us during the flight.  Click on the link to Guangzhou and you can start to follow the change.  It was like she decided to put the old life behind and stick with these crazy new parents after all.  Whew!

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Every night Debbie would read and show photos of relatives to Hanna just before bedtime

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Neilson and MiMi at McDonalds in Hong Kong

Hanna's caretakers dressed her in a new outfit
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Hanna has just been with us for a few hours in this picture

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The pretty girl in the middle was Hanna's primary caretaker. She took really good care of Hanna

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