Meet Miss Hannah

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.---1 Samuel 1:27

Kevin and I couldn't be happier. We had a wonderful day today, and we're parents to a happy, smiley, outgoing, snuggly, and inquisitive baby we could ever had imagined. We're still a little clumsy at the bottle making and diaper changing, but she's sucking down our bottles like a champ and hasn't cried one tear. She was very curious on the train, wanting to look at everyone, looking at her reflection in the window, pressing buttons, REALLY wanting to get a hold of anything that's metal and shiny or that makes a crinkling sound. She babbles, can pull herself to a stand, and crawls like a champ on carpet. She REALLY likes Daddy's silly faces and when Mama kisses her toes and blows raspberries on her belly. We keep waiting for some "stinky tofu" to appear in the diaper, but that hasn't happened yet. The nursery says that she doesn't have a history of constipation, but I'll feel much better once I start seeing some evidence.

We're back at the Grand Hyatt now. We can see all of Taipei 101 from our room when we turn our head sideways, and it's going to be just fine to watch some awesome fireworks on New Year's Eve.

We videoed with both sets of our parents tonight, and there were lots of happy tears on the other side of the computer monitor.

Oh, and she really likes these keys. She's been playing with them all afternoon, chewing on them, and drooling a little bit. We're been listening to a lot of "dadada mamama uhuhuhuhuh ahahahaha." I'm looking in my travel book for a Mandarin translation... but can't seem to find it. (hahaha)

Enjoy a few pics... more later. Every moment with Hannah is precious right now, and we're got to get ourselves organized here in the hotel. We are to be at AIT for our visa appointment early tomorrow morning.