Well, today was "Gotcha" day! We arrived at the baby house with three bags of gifts and three cakes at about 10:45 and left minus the bags but with Matthew at about 11:45! Quite emotional to see the caregivers teary-eyed. Matthew has been an angel all day! I wonder how long that will last. I have never heard him babble as much or blow as many raspberries as he has done all day long. He only had two quick naps, about 1 hour and 15 minutes total! He finally fell asleep tonight around 10pm so we finally ate some dinner (just realized we were hungry) and after this quick entry, I am going to try to catch some sleep! Here are some photos.
Just dressed to go home!
Look Daddy, Mommy got me jeans!
While waiting for Bayan to come back.
At the front door to the Baby House about to leave.
Auntie Sarah and Me.
Mom and Me on the way to the apartment. Nice hat, eh Auntie Tracy!
First time Mommy fed me. She even did pretty well, but I had to help her!
So tired!
13 comments:
Happy Happy joy joy!! Congratulations. Here is to a smooth transition!! What a cutie. Loved all the pictures, keep them coming and we can hardly wait to meet the man in person. Keep safe and take care.
Tracy
YEAH! Is that cutie sleeping in a suitcase? I was wondering about where to put the baby down to sleep in a hotel or appt without a crib! What great news that your cutie is with you! Suzanne "waiting"
aww Congrats!! it's been so fun to follow your blog. Have a safe trip home, and enjoy your new son!! You've done a great job blogging and I've enjoyed it a lot. :)
Your son is precious. :)
Just dropped in again to catch up on your BLOG. Matthew is only gorgeous! Love the photos and your BLOG. So happy to hear he is now in your Kaz home with you. Slowly but surely you are getting there. We were in Almaty in April - June 2007 adopting our son Orin and remember well the steps, it is nice to 'walk' the steps now again especially with another Kaz cutie that will come home to Canada (we are in Toronto!!) What is your next step?? Do you go wait in Almaty for all the paperwork, passport, immigration etc., or do you have to go to Moscow. We waited it out in Almaty as our agency had their Moscow co-ordinator do everything for us and send it to Almaty, it seemed like forever before we got home!!
Good luck in the rest of your journey. Love, love, love the photo of Matthew in the suitcase, what precious cargo is in that case!!
The Keogh's in Toronto
oopsy - ignore my questions on where next!! - i just read your BLOG entry about going to Moscow, should have done that first :-)
Mary
Congratulations on finally springing Matthew from the baby house! We are very happy for you. Taylor misses her boyfriend. Can't wait to hear more about your adventures as a full family.
Tony, Maegan, & Taylor
Well, it finally arrived. the stork has landed!!. Matthew is absoultely adorable. Mike called a few nights ago (Friday i think). The boys talked for over and hour and a half!!! Mike is one proud poppa who is waiting for his family to come home. I have enjoyed following the exspansion of your family here on the bolg site. We hope that the rest of your journey is smooth and safe. We will see you when everyone is at home and settled. Matthew is really cute in the suitcase. Abby says that that is her "favoritest" picture of the baby yet. Hugs and kisses to you all. the Benson brats
Congrats! It's finally official! Kaitlyn thinks the pic of Matthew in the suitcase is really cute. It's nice to hear that the staff were emotional, obviously they took good care of him. He has sure touched a lot of hearts in his young age. Thanks for all the great pics. Have fun being together ALL DAY!! YOUPII!! Talk soon, Love, the mcs
Congrats! It's finally official! Kaitlyn thinks the pic of Matthew in the suitcase is really cute. It's nice to hear that the staff were emotional, obviously they took good care of him. He has sure touched a lot of hearts in his young age. Thanks for all the great pics. Have fun being together ALL DAY!! YOUPII!! Talk soon, Love, the mcs
No I haven't lost my mind repeating myself. I accidentally pressed the button twice. love, charlotte
Wow! Wow! Wow! I'm so thrilled for you and Matthew looks very happy too! (Putting him IN a suitcase is a brilliant idea. I had only thought to put K. between suitcases.) Here's to more improvising as you make your way home. You look so great together and the only thing missing is Michael. Love the jeans, by the way. Congratulations. It's all gone very well and I'm sure the rest will go as smoothly. --JG
Jennifer and Michael:
Debbie here I am a 2nd mom to Maegan and have been following your blog along with theirs. Congratulations to the 3 of you. Now you are offically a family. I just had to comment about the one picture of Matthew asleep in the suitcase. That is just priceless, ahh to be a baby again and just be able to sleep whereever and whenever. Hope the rest of your journey is as easy as the 1st day seems to have gone for you. Enjoy each other and thanks for being there for Tony and Maegan and Taylor too. We are going over today to finally meet Taylor but by following the blogs I feel like I have come to know all of you at least a little bit.
Congratulations again
Hello Jennifer, Matthew (and Sarah) Congratulations to all. It has been a long road but the "prize" will exceed all expectations! And what abeautiful prize he is!!! Hope the next phase goes quickly and you are soon safely back in Manitoba. Can hardly wait to meet Matthew in person. He has a LARGE family here who is going to love having him join in all the fun. Much love.
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