Gotcha Day

Gotcha day is the day you receive your child. And receive Bennett we did! The day started with flight further South in China. We were met at the Nanjing airport by our very capable guide Jane. We were quickly whisked to our hotel for a few minutes before jumping back on our bus to pick up our children. We arrived at the office to see everyone waiting. Jane mentioned this office was more relaxed than some. So, there was no offiicial presentation of our children. We walked over to the child that matched our photos and introduced ourselves. We were able to play with Ben for some time before we had to pick him up. I think that was much better for all the children. There were three boys and one little girl. The girl cried a bit but over all, things were peaceful. Ben was chatty and giggly as we played with a few toys I had picked out for our first meeting. The nannies did not need to tell us that he is very active. We figured it out fairly quickly. He is tanned from playing outside. His hands have a line where his coat sleeves end.

He surprised me by being interested in his new clothing. He was very excited to put them on!

Bennett came with a bag of things we sent in a care box in January. We were so pleased to see he had received the blanket, toys and most importantly an album of photos of his new home. The nannies were looking at the album with Ben when we came in. It's what Brad and Ben are holding in the video. We also got back a camera that was included in the box. We look forward to a view from Ben's life at the orphanage. They gave us one photo from his second birthday in January.

We had a preliminary round of paperwork on gotcha day and today we files out the last parts. It was so nice to have the rest of the day free! We got time to ease our dusty little boy into the bathtub.