We Finally Held Him!

Well, we made it to the orphanage today! It was great! We held our little boy. He is as sweet as he looks in all the pictures. He was timid, but he did hold my finger and even put his hand in my mouth! He sat in his walker for a little while trying to figure us out. Finally the nannie took him out of the walker and handed him to me. I cannot describe how I felt at that moment holding my son! We have video and pictures. I held him for a while, then gave him to Mark. It was really sweet to see his dad hold him for the first time. We bribed him with toys, so he tolerated us for a while. He was just looking at us....soaking it all in. He has the cutest expressions. He looks like he is deep in thought. After an hour or so, he finally had about enough. We watched his little bottom lip pop out and here came the water works. I really think my heart skipped a beat, he sweet little cry. The nannie brought a little bottle of water and I gave it to him. He would occassionally look in my eyes, but mostly looked around. Mark gave him water too. But he was still upset, so we went into his little air conditioned room.

The nannie gave him a bottle of formula. He sucked that down real fast. So fast that he threw it all up. It even came out of his nose, poor little guy. She changed his clothes, gave him something that looked like medicine. She was trying to tell us something, but I am not sure what it was. I couldn't tell if maybe he wasn't feeling well. She put him in his bed. We played with him (through what looked like a jail). He would occassionly cry, but if I patted his leg, he would stop. Finally he cried and I picked him up. He stopped. What a great feeling! But everytime someone walked in the room, he would start again. I think by this time he was a bit overstimulated. We have lots of video and pictures, we watched it in the room. I could still smell him on me when we got back to the hotel. My heart is so full!!!

The orphanage is so clean and so nice! We even took our shoes off before we walked to their area. We will go back tomorrow, meet the red cross staff, and play with him again. Leslie, we did not see Avery, but we will tomorrow. Thomas said we could go into her room and take some pictures. Chuck, we did see Sang! He is SO cute! He was the sweetest little thing. He sat on the chair so quiet and still, we have some video. He is precious. He like cherrios, Mark gave him some. They keep the boys and girl separate.

Well, internet service here is terrible!!!! So probably won't be able to post again until after the G&R. Vietnam is incredible! Talk about overstimulation! That is how we feel. So much to see and take in, that it is hard to describe. Kim and Mark....soon to be family of 3!!!!