Thats adoption lingo for the day that you get your new child. So today, July 20, 2008 is our long awaited "Gotcha day". Of course nothing went as planned. When we pulled into the orphanage gate, Tess came running out to greet us! We recognized her beautiful face right away! Jeff, Christine and I all started crying! She ran up, open arms and hugged us all! So much for photos and filming. It all happened naturally and will have to be remembered in our hearts. We said hello to the orphanage workers and many of the other children and then went back to the hotel with Tess. Our case worker was ROBEL. He was so kind and helpful. He explained how the week would play out and told us that Tess would be with us from this moment on. Here are our first photos with our new daughter...
