Happy Harper Day!

We finally made it to China!  After almost 24 hours of travel, flying 8100 miles,  we made it safely.  All of us are feeling pretty good right now.  Neil didn't feel well, splitting headache & nauseated, but he quickly recovered.  He was physically exhausted & hungry.    Now, to the good part, we have Harper in our arms. Our day began early with all of us waking up between 4 & 6am.  We went to our hotel breakfast buffet & had a great breakfast, met our guide @ 2pm to go to the supermarket.  We then headed to the civil affairs office to meet Harper @ 4pm.  The building was about a 7 minute walk from our hotel & the building had very weak air conditioning.  Harper was the last baby to get there.  She walked in w/ a lady from the orphanage.  As soon as Harper saw the room full of people she started crying & wanted to be held.  She did cry alot at first, she was so scared & only wanted that lady. She also had another accident last week.....fell down & has a scratch & nice bruise on the right side of her face. Poor baby.... The lady finally left & Harper calmed down some.  We were only there maybe another 30 min after that & then left & went to a restaurant to get carry out.  She did well in the car, they dont use carseats so she sat on my lap & did better.  While waiting for our food in the restaurant, we got her first smile & laugh.  Less than 1 hr of being with us, It melted our hearts. We then went to the hotel room & ate.  She really came out of her shell. She was playing, laughing, eating a ton.  Very active, very similar to Kolton & Tori.  Developmentally she is right on target.  She's probably the same size as Tori, same height, but petite.  Her arms, legs & butt are soooo tiny.   We were dreading bed time, but she went to bed easily, slept in a king size bed (much bigger than american king)  with Neil, Bria & I.  Didn't even cry when we put her to bed. Slept all night & woke up in a very good mood. So far she's had a great day, smiling alot very active & even went down for a nap with no problems. I hate to say this b/c I don't wanna jinx us, but she has opened up & attached easily with us.  Neil & I had to step out to make some copies & she stayed w/ mom & Bria & she cried for mama......That's a huge step, she's calling me mama less than 24 hours of meeting us. We prepared ourselves for the worst, & she is doing far better than we imagined. We are so thankful. Her personality is outgoing, very bright, giggly & loving. Oh, she's semi-potty trained.  I put a diaper on her & she hasn't wet it.  Even overnight, her diaper was dry, so we put her on the toilet & she peed.  After bfast, she squated in the room, we took her to the toilet & she pooped! She squats on the floor b/c the toilets here are basically a hole in the floor.....what a smart little girl!  The internet connection is sporadic, not very reliable.  Takes forever to attach these pictures. I'll add more later. Someone email me & verify if these pictures are posted to the blog.  We can't see the blog or comments. Thank you all so much for the prayers, this is just the beginning but so far so good, she's doing great.  She's already understanding English!