We were able to leave the hospital with her on the 26th of December. Before we left, Jerry the director of CFS wanted to get his picture made with us. The nurse loaded us up with tons and tons of formula which we were greatful since it would be hard to make a four hour trip to our waiting place. With adoption between two different states you have to wait in the state where the baby was born until you get clearance from the interstate compact. The interstate compact is where both states have to complete paperwork before you are able to leave to come home. They tell you to be prepared to stay a week to two weeks before you get to go home. You can stay anywhere in the state so we headed off to Panama City where some friends of Chris's boss at work had a condo on the bay. It was so beautiful! Here is a picture with Chris feeding her at the condo. We arrived at the condo on Tuesday the 26th around 8:00. We met the people who owned it to follow them to it. They were so nice and they even had us some gifts. Well, we spent the first night by ourselves in this huge condo and Lillian did not like her Moses basket. So we let her sleep in her car seat. She slept for 4 hours before she woke up wanting to eat. The next day our best friends Chan and Marla and Chris's brother Bryant and his family came to stay. On Thursday my dad, mom and my sister Tammy and her family came to stay. On Friday Bryant and his family were leaving so that there would be room for my sister Robin and her family. My sister Mia and her family were going to come but we got the call that we could go home. Yeah! We only had to stay three days after we left the hospital. But since we had a lot of washing and we needed to leave the condo like we found it we left there Sunday afternoon. The rest of my family left out on Saturday but Chan and Marla stayed behind to help us with the cleaning of the condo. We had so much fun! On Friday night Momma cooked all of us a home cooked meal. We ate so good and then we all played games like Family Feud DVD and Taboo while others were getting to hold Lillian. I will let you know about our trip home later.
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