It was a girl and, frankly, she was pissed. She started howling, squirming, and flailing immediately. They dropped her on Jeany's chest and quickly started working on her. I looked around for my father but then realized that they were talking to me. Someone handed me scissors and I cut.
First impressions are a pretty funny thing.
Definitely not how they portray it in the movies. Someone forgot to cue the violins. The bean was no longer a bean. She was a Hannah. Hannah was a bit gray and shortly after I severed her link to her previous home, they whisked her off to the warmer.