China Day 3: Help! Baby poops and she is hungry but we don't know what to feed her!

First off, if you want to see photos of Keira and all the Guanzhao fun, go to the following link: http://www.pbase.com/blane9393/bringing_home_keira

Oh goodness, are we having fun or what! Keira slept all through the night, Bob slept all through the night, and Kelsey woke up every 15 minutes to make sure Keira was breathing. Whew! After we woke up, we started working on the fundamentals--pee pee diaper, changing clothes, having some formula, etc. We went to breakfast as a family and she sat in the high chair and played with a little plastic toy. At one point during the meal, I saw one tear fall down her cheek. Heartbreaking! Soon, I found out why--while we were exchanging traveler's checks, I smelled the wafting aroma of the real stuff. Having babysat many many times, I was not to be daunted, but I have to say, it was the worst poopy diaper in my history--the kind that oozes out of the top of the diaper and gets all over the back of baby's shirt. And we were already late for our official adoption appointment where we would finalize the papers. I had my crisis in the bathroom and did a good amount of damage control, and then Bob and I ran through the hotel like 007 to change her clothes and get back outside to hop in the awaiting van. Important lesson #1: ALWAYS take a change of extra clothes in the diaper bag.

We were both very emotional at our appointment, knowing the sacredness of her officially becoming our daughter today. She slept in our arms for much of the morning. We can tell she is hungry, and she did suck down a whole bottle last night, but she is resisting bottles today. We have missed several of her normal feeding times (she wouldn't take the bottle). Amy even went to the store to buy Keira's brand of formula that she had at the orphanage. What to do? What to do? This afternoon, we mixed up some rice cereal and she ate a full portion. Finally, we have a match, but she hasn't eaten near what the orphanage said she typically does. Like all things, I am sure we will figure this out along with all kinds of other parental responsibilites. We are having a GREAT time!!! She is napping right now so we could get caught up on our blogging and photos. What a precious little sweetheart :-)