What a Blessing

Today could not have gone better.  We woke up at 6:30am to be at the Civil Affairs Office by 9:30am to be united with Huihui.  We walked into a room and he was already there with two orphanage workers.  He was happily playing.  We just got down on the floor and started to play with him.  He responded to Carter first and then played with the whole family.  He was smiling and laughing.  He is so good natured and happy.  Eventually, we took turns holding him and then left to drive to the police station to get his passport picture taken.  There were no tears.  While we waited in line, he fell asleep in my arms.  After getting his passport picture taken, we went to the grocery store to buy formula and some food items and then headed back to the hotel.  I gave him a bath.  We ordered room service and he ate some noodles, fried egg, and cooked carrots.  Then, he peacefully fell asleep in his crib within 5 minutes.  Totally not what I expected, but in a really good way.  :)

From what we've seen so far of our little guy, he is very active and busy.  His body is always moving until he is tired and then he just relaxes into your arms, puts his hands on his head, and falls asleep.  He's easy to make smile.  He appears to be a good eater.  He's eaten everything we've offered him and just turned his head away when he was full.  He apparently has been held a lot!  He reaches for us and wants us to hold him.  He also doesn't appear to like to sit on the floor and play.  He wants to sit on your lap and play.  I think because of this, he is not a very strong walker.  He walks if you hold one hand, but doesn't have much stamina for long distances.  He looks well nourished and healthy, but his cleft palate looks really wide. 

We feel very blessed to have him and very blessed the day went as it did.  (Because it wasn't going as well for the other two families in the room with us today.)  Thank you all for your prayers.  The trip has gone so smoothly thus far.  Enjoy our new family pics!  (And girlies at home, you're going to love your new brother!)