FW: Adoption Day!!!!

Well, it is Wed morning here in Kunming. We made it through the 1st full day with our son.

Man, where to begin. We met him at 9am in some notary office. We arrived 1st, and sat at a big official looking table where we waited to hear the patter of little feet. Our guide, and an amazing person, Richard gave us the standard speech about what to expect, which was basically... expect anything. He had met Quincy several weeks before and he said that he was a shy lil guy. So, obviously, that is what we expected. Well, as is the Laflin luck... he was just about anything but. We were there at the big official table when Richard, looking out the window said... "Here they come, I can see his feet". Well, the butterflies turned to dragons and Bridget and I gripped each other's hands to the point of lack of circulation.  We heard his little voice wafting up through the stairs coming up to the room. We finally saw him in the doorway. This perfect little boy, cute as a button, and with an angelic look on his face. He saw us, and his nanny said something we couldn't understand to him punctuated with the words we DID understand, mama and baba. Well, he saw us, and started over to us, guided by his nanny. It was love at first sight. He fell head over heels in love with the several cars we had sitting on the big scary table in front of us. He hopped up on a chair about 3X his size and began to play. I think I was the first to crash the cars with him, them mama had a turn, then mama and grandma, then me, then back again. He was having a great time. I don't think he fully knew what was going on, but heck, he had cars and a spiderman fanny pack to put them in.  Oh, and he had his medication. He apparently had a bit of a cold. So, he came with the clothes on his back and a box of meds. He must have been told that these were  VERY important, because he is still carrying them close to him this morning and he literally fell asleep with them clutched in his hands last night.
There is SO much to tell, but the computer is 1 yuan per minute, so some will have to wait. However, I can say that the boy is doing well. Yesterday was a bit of a task. Remember when I said above we were told that he was shy... well, he wasn't. He was anything but. He was a little whirlwind of energy. After we got all the official stuff over with, and then went to the police station to get his passport photos we finally made it back to the hotel. He was so interested in EVERYTHING electronic. I kid you not, he is a genius I think. He is not even 4 years old and he already can remove and replace a battery in a little flashing pin thing that grandma got. It has 2 small watch type batteries and will only blink if they are both stacked the right side up and pressed against the switch thingy. He totally had that figured out instantly. I didn't even figure it out that quickly. He tore up the room a bit exploring, but he seemed to be having fun.
One of his favorite things he has is those pictures. I don't know if he has ever seen his picture before, but he seemes to be very fond of it. He is carrying around the extra passport photos in a little back pack we bought him at Wal-Mart. He watched the video of himself we took when we 1st met. He was amazed. He kept watching it saying "that XinYan is stealing water" and "what is he doing" it was SO cute. I think we got some video of him watching himself. Man, it blows the mind...

Well, We are off to the zoo today so I will end this here. Sorry it is all over the place, but that is what 3 hours sleep 2 nights in a row will do. And William, I know, you told me so... rub it in as you like...

The Laflins/Wooten... OUT.