Well, all 3 of us survived the day!   We were picked up at 8:15 a.m. this morning and of course there was some paperwork that had to be taken care of before we could go pick up Liam.   It was after 12:00 by the time we got to the baby home.   They took the clothes we brought for him, woke him up from his nap, and changed him while we visited with his doctor one last time to go over his schedule and anything new on his medical record.   We were then taken to the bottom of the stairs and his caregiver walked him down to us.   As you can see below, he looked adorable in his new outfit and seemed really happy to see us.

Liam on Gotcha Day


We gave him several hugs & kisses and then our guide rushed us to get his snowsuit on him so we could leave.   He did well until his care-giver kind of broke down and started telling him goodbye.   I think he could sense that something was wrong and he started crying.   After we got him to the car, the crying continued for about 30 minutes until we were finally able to calm him down with some Cheerios & a sippy cup of water.   (Rob has decided that Cheerios are right up there with Mac & Cheese for their almost magical universal ability to please kids.)   He’d be okay for a while and then start back crying.   We had a couple of stops before we went back to the apartment and everytime we took him out of the car and back in he would get very upset.   I was happy that he didn’t get carsick though.   We were told to bring a towel and bag just in case.   Here he is in his snowsuit on one of the stops:

Liam in snowsuit


We thought he would fall asleep sometime in the car since he missed his nap but he never did.   At one point it sounded like he was singing a little song to himself and then he just stopped singing and started to cry.   Maybe he was remembering one of the ladies from the orphanage or maybe he was expecting us to join in, who knows...

We finally got back to the apartment around 4:30.   Liam calmed right down as soon as we got into the apartment and started playing with him.   He learned two new words tonight:   "light" and "up."   He got really excited over dinner.   Here’s a picture from dinner after he was all done.

Liam dinner


After dinner we played for a while and about 7:30 he started rubbing his eyes so we put him in his crib.   He cried and rolled around for a bit and then went sound asleep.   Needless to say it has been a long day for all of us but overall I think it went well.
 

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