Tiny P’s Family Day Story…

Little M and baby J were so excited and they were waiting to see tiny P the moment she got off the elevator. The man carrying her is the orphanage director, and the woman is the person who does the paperwork for the orphanage. The little boy behind them is our tiny P’s best friend, her big brother from the orphanage, and she is VERY attached to him, so we were thankful that they brought him along.

Tiny P had gotten very car sick in the van on the way to us, poor thing, and she had a terrible heat rash, but little M declared that she was still the cutest baby girl in the world.

Baby J was very anxious to be in tiny P’s space, and his big love was a little overwhelming, ha.

We will forever be grateful to this man, tiny P’s orphanage director. He worked very hard to get tiny P the medical care she needed, and to get her file prepared for adoption. Tiny P’s orphanage is very small, only around thirty kids (little M’s has around 800 kids, and baby J’s has around 400 kids),  and we could tell that he works very hard for the kids in his care. There were two other little girls who had similar heart conditions, and we were told that they first went to a local hospital for their surgery, and sadly didn’t make it… so when tiny P needed surgery, he worked to get her sent to Beijing to the hospital there, and he took her himself. We love his heart and his care for our girl, and even though he clearly cared about tiny P, he was thrilled she was being adopted.

Little M was able to coax a smile out of tiny P, and she was very proud of herself…

Then, sadly, when it was time for us to leave, the people from the orphanage snuck out while tiny P was occupied, and when she realized they were gone, we became the abductors… she was terrified and inconsolable. It was a long afternoon, as she screamed in terror at everything until she finally cried herself to sleep.  She slept all throughout the night, but wouldn’t take any of the formula the orphanage sent.

The next day when we went to the civil affairs office, she was again inconsolable unless she was with someone from her orphanage, but we asked them not to sneak out, and instead to tell her goodbye and let her see them leave. It definitely seemed to help a bit, and she was less terrified of us for the rest of the day.

Finally today she is taking a bottle, which is a relief, but she is still so sad and scared. She is more attached to the husband at this point which is so sweet to see, and she prefers to be held and carried.

We only have a couple more days until we head to Guangzhou and begin the second part of our journey home!