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EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ELLA LIN AND ARE DYING TO FIND OUT!

In no particular order ... she is a PISTOL. Full of energy, very active, reaching for everything. She has a deep belly laugh when she is amused. She went to foster care 3 or 4 days after birth and has been with the same foster parents until Sunday. This explains her astounding social and attachment skills. She has huge eyes. She has the kind of hair I always wanted -- silky, shiny and straight (and it's black, just like Mama Pat's - family joke). Though in the sunlight it also has rich golden brown tones. She has already called me Mama and knows who her Baba (dada) is!! She lights up when Marc comes in a room with other adults. I cannot put her down for one nanosecond - and I mean that - without substantial distress on her part. So, she has definitely recognized a life raft and is clinging to it like glued on velcro. Soon, we hope she realizes that we are not going anywhere. She has major thighs and appears willing to eat everything in sight, including the snacks of her fellow adoptees! One rarely sees such impressive eating skills. She loves Chinese phrases like "don't cry" and "I love you, baby sister!" which have come in handy. She responds to her name. She arrived at the hotel an hour before our bus did on Sunday, which meant no time to organize and unpack. We are only now emerging from that chaos! 

Lots of Chinese bureaucratic offices today, but she is now officially adopted! More pictures tomorrow ....