Selah!!!!!!!!!

We were picked up this morning and driven out to the other orphanage.  We have been praying that God would give us a peace and we would just know that she is ours. ( And we know that ALL of you at home have been praying without ceasing!) 

On Friday, we were presented a child in the first orphanage and we just knew that she was not our child. It was VERY hard to have to tell them this. I cried so much and felt literally sick to my stomach. But, Shane and I BOTH knew she was not ours. There were no other children in the oprhanage for us, so that is why they had to move us to another orphanage. 

We were driving to her orphanage today with the thought that if our daughter is not there, then we were coming back to the US with no one. My nerves and butterflies in my stomach were enough to kill me this morning! :)

We were directed back to the playroom and told to wait there. Our coordinator came in and told me that she is 12 months old and just had her first birthday and that she looks just like me(greta). When she said this, it made me sad because I was hoping for a 6-9 month old and for her to be non-caucasian (in other words, I didn't want her to look like me!).....All of a sudden, in walks the Orphanage Doctor with a child bundled in a big blanket. They came over to me, showed me her face really quick and gave her to me. I took ONE look at her and I KNEW SHE WAS MY SELAH- instantly!!!!!!!  God gave me EXACTLY what I prayed for! She looks NOTHING like me- (I found out later they say that to everyone, because they think that is what we want to hear! LOL)  And the fact that she is already one has not even phased me, and I thought it would bother me. When its YOUR child, you don't care about any of those things!  She is THE MOST beautiful little girl I have ever seen!!!!!! Here is the BEST part: The Orphanage Doctor told the translator to tell me that when she went into the room to get her, she lifted her from the crib and as she was walking out, Selah waved bye-bye to the other children. She said that she has NEVER done that before. The Orphanage Doctor said that "this must be meant to be"...... Of course we know WHY!!!!  

Selah would NOT let me go.....She only wanted ME to hold her. She held onto me like a monkey.....we have it ALL on video. It brought me to tears, tears, tears. She is MY DAUGHTER and I can't even describe in words what kind of moment it was!!!!! The caregivers let me feed her lunch- we will post on that tomorrow because it is absolutely hilarious on what they feed them! She would just stare at Shane, but when he would try to hold her she wouldn't let him. She will warm up to him. They don't ever see men, so she has to get used to that first. Shane is in love! He couldn't stop saying how beautiful she was. I sat and showed her two things we brought from home ("pink" and this other small thing) and I almost had her laughing, but she was trying really hard not to....LOL Then she would just bury her head into my chest and want me to hold her. It was amazing!!!!! After we fed her the lunch, Shane said he was not leaving without holding her, even if she cried. So I gave her to him and she did great. Then the caregivers came in and had to take her for her nap. Selah actually cried when they took her away from us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our visit was very short today, but that is just because we got there later than normal. Our schedule will be seeing her from 10am-12noon. The caregivers said that they will let us feed her breakfast everyday!!!!! I am so excited!  

This place is SOOOO great! The other families are so impressed with the orphanage and they said that the caretakers are really loving towards the children. They also feed them very well and have them on schedules. Everyone was so friendly to us today and you can tell they truly love the children. When the orphanage Doctor gave Selah to me, she was telling Selah "mama, mama".......