Sunday, January 20, 2013

Gotcha!!



I'll post much more later but for now, know that we have our little guy and he is doing very well.  Tears at first as expected but doing very well now.
Since Jaden and Baba are sleeping, I can post a little more info.  We got to the Civil Affairs office with a few minutes to spare and set down all of our stuff.  Both families had backpacks with clothes if needed, snacks and toys; we both also had cameras and files of paperwork.  It was a little chaotic.
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Alaina's little one came almost immediately, maybe 3-4 minutes after we got there.  Tim and I both tried to help with the taking pictures.  We were both crying like babies.  Between pictures, I would run look out the window to see if there was another van coming yet.  They were about 20 minutes or so late.  I fully expected that as they are 3.5 hours away and it was only 9:30 am.  Poor guy, I know he got up really early.  Once everything was pretty settled with Alaina's little one, Jaden showed up!  He was with the orphanage director, a caregiver and another guy.  They were talking to Jaden and they said "Mama and Baba."  Jaden wasn't sure he was too impressed with that yet.  I used the oldest trick in the book and pulled out a sucker.  That was enough to let him come sit in my lap.  He thoroughly enjoyed his sucker.  Once he finished that, he got a little weepy and wanted to go back to the caregiver but when I pulled out his disney cars he got happy again.  He is all boy!  The most fun of all is when you crash the two cars together!  :)  He also enjoyed pulling the cars back and letting them race to his elephant.  After all the paperwork and pictures were completed it was time to go.  We asked the SWI people to tell him goodbye so Jaden knew that they knew we were taking him.  He was very upset as we left.  He cried most of the way to Wal-mart.  We pulled out our next trick, a Donald Duck Pez dispenser.  He stopped crying and was fascinated with food coming out of the ducks neck.  He fed me a pez and Tim one as well.  That made this momma happy.  He already has some idea about taking care of others and sharing.  He gave me a few giggles when  Donald pretended to eat the sucker Jaden didn't want.  After that he never really got weepy again.  We went in to WM to get some noodles for the room and some things to take to the orphanage as a donation.  They requested snacks and diapers.  We found out that the orphanage is tiny!  Many of them have hundreds of kids, (Alaina said her daughter's SWI has 40 just in her age group!) his only has about 10 kids that live at the orphanage.  They have about 15 or so that are being fostered as well.  They said that most of the kids at the orphanage are special need of some sort.  When we got to the toy aisle, he got happy.  Wo yao!  (I want).  I told him that he could have one toy ( thru charades) and he seemed to understand.  He decided he wanted the yellow truck.  I was happy to see that he knows his colors.  He seems very smart and has an incredibly long attention span.  He laughed about the cup we tried to give him.  It is a sippy cup and apparently he uses regular cups at the SWI.  He has enjoyed the stacking toy that we brought.  He spent a solid hour playing with it.  We got him to eat a little Ramen noodles for an actual meal and he did well.  We pulled him up on the bed and laid him between us with his elephant and his truck and he played with his truck until, and for a minute or so after, he fell asleep.  It was very cute.  Who knows what will happen when he wakes from his nap but I feel so incredibly blessed!  My little man knows we are mama and baba.  He will grieve for his caregivers, you can tell he is very attached but that is ok.  We would have worried had there been no tears at all.
Tomorrow we go back and meet with them again; we have to sign the official paperwork at that point.  Tomorrow we will be asked if we still want to adopt him and if the answer is yes, the world will officially have "one less."



6 comments:

  1. Praising God who makes families! So happy for you! Praying for Jaden to quickly come to trust you and to have peace as he sets off on this big adventure!!

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  2. What a blessing!! Such a cute little guy :)

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  3. Congratulations Tracy and family!!!!!!! So thankful he is safely in your arms!!

    Blessings as you get to know your beautiful son!!!!

    ~Diana
    (Emme Jade's Mom)

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  4. Oh happy day!! Love the word picture you drew of him nestled in the bed between the two of you! Love, Valerie :)

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  5. Great, great news. Thanks so much for sharing, Tracy. I love hearing it all. I may not get to respond for a week. Enjoy this wonderful blessed time and I'll catch up next week. Will still be praying in Nicaragua. Much love to you all...Vicki

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  6. Thanks for all the support, He is such a snuggler! :)

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