GOTCHA! Introducing Zoe Ann Yufei Varon

Zoe meets Mommy and Daddy for the first time. She was none too happy. This moment was followed by lots of crying - not only by Zoe, but nearly all the babies in the room. The GOTCHA moment happened so suddenly that we didn't have time to be emotional. That'll hit later, I guess.



The kids were SO excited, and tried valiantly to cheer Zoe up. Not a chance! I think she was burning up in the clothes she was wearing, but when we tried to take her jacket off, she started to scream. Doug and Katie were GREAT. I'm so proud of big brother and sister.




Back in the hotel room, we discovered that Zoe loves oatmeal. She also sucks her left thumb. Very cute. Note the cookie in her right hand. She held that for hours.



We'll post more about the morning later, but here are some special messages from Doug and Katie tho their classes

A special message from Doug to everyone in Ms. Townsend and Ms. Wood's second grade class - We finally got Zoe. It is very exciting. She is one years old and if you look at the top of the picture you'll see Zoe!
A special note from Katie to everyone in Ms. Houston's Kindertarten class - We just got Zoe, and I'm really glad that we got her. And my cousins got a baby too. Her name is Molli. And my family was the second one to get our baby. And my cousins were first.

On a side note, Linda and Don started a blog, too. Go to derfussfamily.blogspot.com to see their story, and pictures of Molli.