Monday, March 30, 2015

Letters From China Pt. 2

WE GOT HIM!

We're back in the hotel playing and loving Cairo!
 
Thank you so much for your prayers this morning! Our group of 5 families left the hotel at 9:30AM to pick up our kids. We watched as group after group picked up children and loved on them. Others in our group received their children, the whole room was filled with couples holding their children, except for us and one other couple from our group. Our kids were 30min behind the rest of the groups. The entire room cleared out and we were left. Honestly, it was the best case scenario, because we didn't have to fight the crowds as Cairo entered the door at 11:45AM. We could see him and we knew him right away!
 

He is doing very well. He was upset to leave his orphanage worker and wouldn't come to me, but attached to Tony within 15 minutes. He calmed down pretty quickly once we got out some food and really enjoyed opening and closing the water bottle and drenching himself as he drank, and drank, and drank. He warmed up to me and let me hold him on my lap on the way home from the registration office. 
 
He is incredibly talkative and laughs very easily. He is loud and curious and very mobile. He already is playing and parroting our words very well, one of the women working in the hotel asked Tony if he spoke Mandarin and English. He has taken interest in some flashcards we brought and is currently quizzing Tony on the names of everything.
 
He uses his hands very well and pulls himself up to standing easily. He is not walking, but that doesn't stop him from moving around and getting where he pleases.
 
He's AWESOME!
 
We finalize registration tomorrow and have visa appointments, medical checks, and other meetings this week. We will visit his orphanage tomorrow as well.
 
Thanks again for all your love and support! We'll update again soon!

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