We've Got an Extra Passenger Now

So we went to pick up Tegegne today to take him home. It was nice to finally have a son that is with us, rather than one halfway across the world waiting for us. It was really great to play with him and bring him to our room. He eats like a horse and had about 1 1/2 pieces of pizza and a whole banana. He is on a special malnutrition formula that we were told to give him. His stomach sticks out because of this. It is cute, but at the same time kind of sad. He'll never be hungry again. Thank the Lord, for that.

Bath time was a success and so was play time. We are figuring out how far his development has come. He seems to be rather independent, putting on his shirt and blowing his nose when helped. He understands a lot of what we need from him. He also knows "no" as I found after telling him not to touch something. He cried, sad lip and all. He is testing us, but it is good. He needs to know who is Dad, and who is Mom.

He comes to us and hugs, kisses, and sits on laps. Hopefully this will continue as we attach to each other. Kristyn just rocked him to sleep and gave him his formula. He is so soft. He'll see how he sleeps, he has had a pretty big day. Tomorrow we will go apply for his Visa. This is a pretty important meeting. We are safe, God is continually giving us mercy.