Gotcha

"I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders."Psalm 9:1 I have had many memorable days in my life and I have experienced God's amazing work over the years. I must say that today I have seen the hand of God. Caleb has handled today much better than we ever could have hoped and we can see glimpses of the little boy who is in this tiny little body. First, a word about our local guide. This is her first adoption. She also has her boss with her and hates to fly. The poor thing was in tears last night and Faith talked her through the whole 1 hour flight. She is trying hard to help us but it is a good thing we have done this before. But now, on to Caleb :) We pulled into the Civil Affairs office right behind the cab with the Assistant orphanage director and one of the nannies, a young girl who had grown up in the SWI. We were so excited to see him - there was no mistaking who he was :) We spoke to them and followed them up 5 flights up steps! since the electricity wasn't getting turned on till the afternoon. Once we got there we gradually made the switch from the nanny to me. He wimpered but never really cried that hard. I wanted to get a photo of Caleb, us and the ladies from Datong but he was not doing well with me walking to the same side of the room as they were so we video taped our interaction instead (sorry - not digital so we can't post it). We left the civil affairs office to take the picture we needed for the adoption decree. Luckily we dropped everyone else off - we walked all over Taiyuan trying to find a place that would take the photo we needed. Once we got back, it was time for McDonalds (Caleb isn't interested) and baby bananas for Caleb. We've gotten him to laugh and the kids have had fun playing with him. We've left him in the crib - I think that is where he spent most of his time and he seems most comfortable there. We're so amazed at the prayers - the Assitant Director kept telling our guide that Caleb is so weak and that he cries a lot. Yet he has not freaked out too badly yet - I'm sure it will happen eventually but he has been pretty peaceful today. We are so proud of our little guy - he has killer eye lashes! I'm in awe of God's handiwork and am anxious to see how Caleb's personality will emerge.
We are trying to upload more photos but the connection here is terribly slow - it has taken me 3 tries just to get these few things uploaded. I will try again tonight to get the rest of our Beijing photos and gotcha day photos uploaded.