We have Jack!

What an exciting day. It is so hard to describe the depth of emotion involved when finally meeting the son that you have loved from afar for so many months.  For Jack,  his day started just like it had for the past 20 months,and he had no idea of what was in store for him.   God is so good and kind to us: not for just putting Zan Biao into our family, but by first adopting us as His children.  To Him be the glory!

To give you a flavor for the atmosphere of our "gotcha" site, picture a 30 or 40 foot square room with a few tables and chairs, and about 55 degrees inside.  Now picture that room with about 13 families inside waiting anxiously as children arrive from all over the province at different times.  There are bodies everywhere, children crying, some screaming; in short a very intimidating environment for a child to be dropped off with his/her new family.

As Elise first held Jack, you could just see the confusion and fear on his face, but his little cry was just a whimper, and that was it for crying.   Jack constantly studies his surroundings and he slowly warmed up to us, especially his mama.  We have had Jack for several hours now and he is really attaching to Elise, which has thrilled Elise to say the least.  When Jack was several feet away from Elise, he whined and walked toward Elise saying mama.  We have gotten several smiles out of him now, and have learned the key to his heart thus far is food.  As I write Elise just finished giving him his first bottle and now he is sleeping soundly.

Thank you all for your prayers, they have been felt.  Pictures often speak louder, so I will bring this post to an end with some pics of our first few hours with our new son Jack

Jack's arrival

His first reaction

Eating Cheerios with Daddy

What a sweet face!

Aaron playing peek-a-boo with Jack

Hannah's first time holding baby brother

Aaron's first time holding baby brother

Mama feeding Jack