What a difference a nap makes!

So we started family day on a pretty good note.  Hongyan was hesitant to come in the room, but eventually came in and engaged with us both in play and really good eye contact.

It went downhill quick when they tried to put her on our lap for our official family photo for the adoption record.  She wanted no part of it.  Then when the Ayi (Nanny) left, followed by the orphanage director, the meltdown started.  It was so, so hard to watch her so upset and scared and MAD!  It was after a good while of crying and screaming and just general unhappiness about her situation that she climbed up on the bed and passed out.

We ended our first family day with an entirely different child.  When she woke up a few hours later, she was sad to still see us and cried for a bit.  We just sat next to her and tried to comfort her when she would allow it.  Once she finished waking up, it was like a switch went on in her head - we were okay and she knew we were going to take care of her.  She let me pick her up and hold her and feed her, then started playing and laughing and singing...and engaging in much silliness.  She started calling us Mama and Baba and was just so durn sweet and cute!

We topped off the evening with a Baba song sung to Brandon while she carressed his arm and hand and a Mama song for me while she stroked my face.  It was...just...precious.  She wanted Mama to sleep with her so we snuggled down in the bed until she feel asleep and let her have the princess bed to herself.  She is a very heavy sleeper, but very restless so she is on her own!

What can I say...we had hoped so much things would go this way, but completely expected the worst, which we got a small dose of.  She is so, so affectionate and soaks up our love and kisses willingly.

Some more photos of the happy, silly little Miss Sofie Yan...notice her wearing Mama's slippers in the last photo.  She wants to do everything I do and is really super scary smart.