Yesterday and today were long days but days I will treasure for the rest of my life.
Yesterday morning I was preparing for the worst (and we are not home yet, and I know that is when the real fun begins, but...) and then we met our Judah and our Josiah and I cannot imagine our lives without these little people.
They are so sweet.
They are very different from each other, and it is so fun to see them side by side--little Josiah with his adorable smile and emotional personality, and Judah who is shy and reserved and yet who laughs and laughs when it is just us four in the room!
After we met our boys yesterday we came back to the hotel and Judah napped (Josiah was happy to play sitting on the bed beside me, or in my lap, but would not go near the crib.
We walked down to Starbucks after naptime and then went to the lounge for dinner and we made a huge mess...rice was everywhere, and noodles and watermelon, but the boys were happy.
Josiah is always happy near food! He really is just 17 lbs and his 12 month shorts fall off. He is so small but so capable! He can put blocks together and turn pages and feed himself. We didn't think he could walk on his own yet but within the last month hehas learned and can toddle happily about.
Josiah does not want to be without food. It is his comfort mechanism, so we try to distract him, but mostly he carries around a little container of Cheerios or Puffs with him and munches off and on, especially when we are out and about.
Judah is very quiet when we were at our government appointments today, and would barely look at me, clinging to Daddy.
Josiah just wants Mama and won't even let our guide who is Chinese hold him. He walked all around the Visa building today and was pretty happy if he was walking around or eating (if he could do as he pleased).
Last night was a bit of a rough night for poor Josiah, as of course it is apt to be on day one with his new mama and Baba who look and smell totally differently and who do not speak his language (he can hear somewhat). He cried so hard at bedtime I thought he was going to be sick. It was so hard!!! But eventually he calmed down (and pooped) and then fell asleep in my arms. We moved him to his crib and he slept peacefully til 2 am and then woke up. We repeated the screaming and holding, and he slept with us til about 7:00 am.
Judah is an awesome sleeper and went to bed after a very happy, splashy bath at 7:30 and slept til I woke him up at 7:30.
Today we signed paperwork and the boys became ours officially! It was pretty incredible and yet over so quickly and without much ceremony! All of a sudden we had signed and dates and taken a picture with the official and she handed us our papers. We then went to the notary office and got everything notarized. It was hot today but actually not as hot and humid as yesterday or the day before. It rained and we had blue skies today, and even a BREEZE!!
We had room service fried rice and I had pre-packaged oatmeal for lunch and Judah took a nap, Josiah again played--this time Joe was sitting with usand working hard for our sweet boy's affection. They played with Joe's sunglasses for about 30 minutes and a few cars, and I took a tiny nap.
Then it was time for more appointments. First we got the boy's picture taken at a government building and walked down to the Visa building to apply for their passports. At each appointment we brought a gift in a red bag, and sweated profusely. Josiah and Judah are a lot of Puffs.
Both boys are getting bottles of formula. Little Josiah is getting 4 per day, but Judah cannot drink from a silly cup, straw or bottle as he was used to drinking from a bowl. It is VERY messy when he drinks and he usually ends up pretty wet. I don't think we have the same bowl as the orphanage. Trying to figure that out. Meals are messy!!!
The boys both do their best and are their smiliest when we are just playing on the floor of the hotel, so for a few hours tonight, and hopefully most of the day tomorrow we will just play with stacking cups, barnyard "blocks", books and lion out the window together. The boys don't pay each other a lot of attention yet, but Josiah shared a chip with Judah at dinner tonight.
Judah is starting to warm up to me and to let both of us hug him. He is very shy and guarded for the most part, but he does have a big laugh sometimes and he is coming out of his shell a bit.
Pretty amazing for Day 2!!!!!
Josiah let Joe give him a bottle today and played with him, but he still mainly prefers me. This is very typical that an adoptive child will pick one parent over the other. Judah was in a foster home "apartment" in his orphanage and had a special connection with his Baba.
I was a tiny bit discouraged when I was drilling sweat and Josiah was being very demanding of food and Judah wouldn't smile at me at the Visa building, but that is silky because we were surrounded by people, they were totally out of their element, and there was nothing to play with. They are LEARNING to trust us, but that will take months and months.
It is 7:20 pm and all THREE of my men in China are asleep!!!! Tonight I rocked Josiah in my arms and gave him a bottle and he fell right asleep. Daddy gave Judah a bath and he went right to bed.
Josiah has a bit of a fever tonight, he has an eye infection and is on antibiotics, so please pray he heals up quickly. Especially for our exit interview and flying out of Hong Kong.
My brain is pretty much mush and I can't thing if anything else to write...
Oh except that we got to FaceTime the big kids and it was so cute to hear Little Man say "we got our boys" and see Micah make silly faces at them! Hallelujah. God is knitting our family together already!!
I woke up this morning with Josiah's dear little face beside mine and I had some good time to pray for him, that God would heal his heart and help him grow and hear and help me be the Mommy he needs.
Pray the Judah would receive our love and give hugs and kisses, and that he would feel safe, and Josiah would warm to Joe.
Thank you all for your love and support!!!!
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