Escape from the Baby House!!!!!

That's right. Taylor is officially ours as of this evening! We went to the baby house at 5pm today and picked up Taylor for good. No more two hours visits. No more Sundays without her. We get her 24/7 from here on out! From now on, we have graduated to official full time parents. We are very happy and just a little scared.

We were told yesterday that we would be picking her up today, and we have been excited all day preparing for her. Maegan and I went to the store earlier in the day and bought all of her food and formula. We were originally scheduled to go at 6pm, but then had our time moved up so we could get her a little earlier.

The caretakers were sad to see her leave, but you could tell they were happy for her that she was going to a good home. We gave gifts to all the caretakers and said our goodbyes, and then off we went.

Taylor was fine for the car ride. When she got into our apartment however, she began to cry louder than we have ever heard from her before. You could just tell she was very uneasy and frightened by the new environment. We gave her some juice to calm her down (it worked for a short bit), which she managed to throw up all over Maegan about ten minutes later. Needless to say, it was a little rough right out of the gates.

And then the strangest thing happened. It was as though Taylor just snapped out of it, and she was the happiest baby in the world. She ended the night by playing and laughing and pulling herself around the floor to check out all the new sights. She was so full of energy that it took us an hour and a half past her bed time before she would finally settle down.

And so ends our first evening on a good note. Tomorrow we apply for her passport and birth certificate so that we can bring her home. Before anyone asks, we are still working on confirming the date that we will be back, which is not exact yet. As soon as we have our return flight confirmed (we are trying to get an earlier flight than the one we booked), we will let everyone know. I don't want to speculate until then. Don't want to jinx ourselves or anything. Looking forward to coming home as soon as we can.

Love Tony, Maegan, and Taylor!