We have Liam. He is such a cutie pie. We picked them up at the Taiyuan office and were there at 2:30 waiting. Helen brought him in and he was crying. I sat him down and he threw most of the toys down, then we got out the snacks and he was in happy land. Love those Gerber sweet potatoe pufs, mmm mmm good!! He is playgul and sweet and such a great personality and was smilin from almost the beginning and already saying momma. We found out today he has ben with a foster family up until just 2 days ago. He is a giggler and a laugher and an eater. So far he has eaten in 6 hours an entire container of sweet potatoe puffs, 1/2 a serving of wonton soup and some rice curry and chicken. He must have a hollow leg somewhere to put it in. He oohs and ahh with every bite of food like it is the most satisfying thing he's ever tasted. He is such a Ham!
He loved the nesting blocks we brought for him and once he got more comfortable enjoyed throwing them as well. He is also a little mimicker which is why he is already saying "more" and "bite" in English after just a few hours. We were playing and I put one of the nesting bins on my head and made it drop and then he did the same and laughed. He has obviously been well cared for and loved and we are thankful for his foster family. I'm sure their hearts are breaking as he has lived with them at least 1 1/2 years and it would be impossible to have this child in your home and not fall totally and madly in love with him!
We got to skype with dad and the kids at home and he laughed and giggled for them. All the while shoveling in the sweet potatoe puffs!
Right now he is trying to stay awake despite being increadibly sleepy.
I think he will fit right in with out crew and fill the role of Di Di or litle brother well as he more than likely will end up being the boss! He is easy going and increadibly happy. I don't think I could ever have imagined a child from an orphanage being this happy and well adjusted, but again, that probably says a lot about his foster family. We go to the Civil affairs office tomorrow and are told to prepare some questions and I hope to find out as much as we can about his foster family.
Paula took a bunch of pictures and videos both at the civil affairs office and back here in the room. We also took some video which I will try to put on our dropshots which is www.dropshots.com/alacomb tonight. Being not incredibly computer savy, I make no promises but i'll try. Paula's camera needs a cord we do not have so wel'll either need to shop or figure something else b/c my camera is acting weird and not keeping any charge on the battery.
i did take a few pictures with my phone and they came out ok so at least you get to SEE him in real life. We'll work on the rest tomorrow and the video.
Before we left to get Liam, I was telling Paula about the new Veggie Tales movie "MEant to Be" and the Steven Curtis CHapman video for his theme song. We puled up the video and watched it. I got chill seeing all the adoptive families with their babies especialy since many of them were just lik we were about to experience with Liam.
Have a great day. Know your prayers are anwered and Liam is beyond anything we could have hoped for and already such a joy!
in Taiyuan Shanxi China, Amanda & Paula
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