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This afternoon has seemed to go very slow and mixed with tears as we impatiently wait for 2:30 to arrive when we will load a minibus to travel to the office to pick up Michael. It is now close to 2:00 so there is just 30 minutes to wait until it is time to meet the group. The time seems to stand still as we wait. There will be a time for us to ask questions of the director and nannies. It is hard to decide what the most important questions are for us to ask since we have such a short amount of time. At this point, the logistical basic questions have won out - What is his sleeping schedule, how much and what does he eat, how often does he eat, what comforts him the best when crying and the list goes on. Hopefully I will not forget something important.
We arrived to the Civil office and found out that the children had not yet arrived. We only had to wait a few minutes and then we saw them coming down the hallway. One of the hardest things I have ever done is to wait patiently for them to call our name while looking at him across the room and being able to touch him. At last they call Nan Fu Wei.....hey that is us! They hand Michael to John and we all want to hold and kiss him but know we need to give him space and time. He whimpered and softly cried off and on but was somewhat content if we walked around carrying him. He seemed to be most unsettled if we tried to crowd around him so again we tried to be patient. Once again, just like in the picture we received, he was dressed in pink and had several layers of clothing on. He was sweating through his clothes and his body radiated heat. We took off his jacket but didn't feel that we could respectfully take of any more layers until we left the office.
When we got back to the hotel we gave him a bath and put some manly clothes on him -- a football shirt and gray pants. No more confusion if he is a boy or girl by looking at his clothes. He smelled so good and was very cuddly. He had smiled a little bit for us but after his bath we heard some laughter and that was definitely a wonderful sound!
He has only drank 4 oz of formula/cereal since we got him. I am hoping that he will eat better tomorrow. He is most content if we are holding him. He can sit comfortably on his own and seems to have good strength in his legs but doesn't seem to be crawling. I know with Mandy it only took her a couple of days to start crawling once she was comfortable with us.
How can a person fall in love so quickly? It is amazing, but I do love this little guy with the chubby cheeks and kissable lips minutes after meeting him. Mandy is doing great and is a great help and seems to be taking everything in stride.
I am confident prayer makes a difference! Ways you can pray for us -
-that Michael's eating improves
-we all stay healthy and are able to get rest
-our bonding with Michael and that he feels comfortable with us
-paperwork for the adoptions continues to go smoothly
-Mandy and her relationship with us and Michael
Until next time....Sheila
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