Shopping!!

First, don't worry about the broken blind. We're getting cool new ones from Pottery Barn Kids :) This picture doesn't really do it justice but Eric and I put a serious dent into the Visa on Monday. I hadn't allowed myself to do really any clothes shopping for Zoe since we weren't sure if she was going to be a boy or how old she was going to be! It was so fantastic when shopping to finally be able to answer the question, "How old is your baby?" We ended up buying mostly 6-9 month clothes with an occasional 3-6 if it looked big. We live about 8 miles from the Premium outlets so most things came from Osh Kosh and Carters. I did a little ordering from Baby Gap yesterday too :) Our little one may be more of a peanut than I originally thought! We got her medical report today. It seems that at closer to five months she was 12 pounds. I'm not sure really of the dates though since the evaluation and blood work were done on two separate days and I'm not sure which is which. It looks like she's on the 10th percentile for Southern Chinese girls in all areas (weight, height, head circumference). Now Eric and I are not large people, but we're not petite ones either :) I think we may have a gymnast or a super quick soccer forward (my personal preference :) ) on our hands. The medical report is all in Chinese except for the list our agency gave us of medical features with the words "normal" next to it. I was going to have an international adoption doctor look at the file but I don't really know what information he could give us. She looks alert (and is looking into the camera.good sign..had to note that as a school psychologist). I am having a friend who is fluent in Mandarin look over the report just to make sure that something wasn't left untranslated....but it would have to be something HUGE to cause us concern and even then, we're already so in love with her. My mom is coming over tonight to see the pictures of her first grandchild tonight. I can't wait for her to see Zoe and all her adorableness.

The past few days have been a blur. If I did minimal work while waiting the past few days for the referral, I'm really doing nothing now. I think about this little girl all the time. I did not think that I would be a person who got attached to a picture. I really just don't bond like that. However, I was walking Herman yesterday and had to cut it short so I could go back and see her little face again. It's like the high you get when you're first falling in love. It's so wonderful. I can't tell you how lucky we feel. We also got hard copies of our pictures today so I immediately went to Target and made copies on the Kodak machine. My super great secret pal Magi had given me a photo key chain a while back and I'm going to put Zoe's picture in it so she's with me now no matter where I go. I think about Zoe's birth mother a lot too and wonder what wonderful features Zoe got from each of her birth parents. I hope they have peace with their decision to give her away, and I hope they can somehow sense that their daughter is going to be so loved by us.