October 22, 2008 We have AJ!!!!!

Oh, you guys, You know how you envision something happening and you have expectations? Well, let me say we had the most beautiful meeting day possible. AJ is soooo beautiful! We walked into this little rather rundown building and the other family with us saw their little boy right away. We didn't see AJ. We were looking around and looking around and then he came down the stairs with his nanny. He is sooo chunky. We both crouched down and smiled and said hi and I laughed and cried. He is so healthy and fat! And he definitely uses his arm. Aron took him from his care giver and AJ immediately tried to hit him. We laughed. He seemed very attached to his nanny. And she to him. That part does make me sad. She kept saying,"this is your baba and your mama". He checked us out quite a bit and then we hauled out the toys. We started to play catch with him and he actually laughed! He is still scared of Aron and will give him a wide birth or (girth) hee hee. He came to me right away and I was tickled. He even put his arms up to me already. He came to me last night with his bear that we sent him a few months ago and said"mama". I of course melted. Someone has definitely been telling him about us. We got in the van to come back to the hotel and he fell asleep on my shoulder. We had prepared ourselves for quite a lot of crying and I'm sure there will be more, but so far not too much. We keep him distracted with toys and walks and happy meals. He loves chicken. Man will he and Jake bond fast! He is not potty trained and he still drinks a bottle, although he will not drink one for me yet. The social worker said that they may not eat for a day or so because they are mad. But, when he's hungry he'll drink his bottle. I'm not worried. He's 2 1/2 and eating people food. I'm sure he doesn't really need the bottle, but we'll play it by ear. Last night I rocked him. He does love his pacifier. I layed him in his crib at 9:30 and he's still asleep now. It's 7:05 am. He slept all night! I was prepared for those bouts of tears but the kid sleeps like a log. He's pretty funny too! Aron rubbed his own head and then rubbed AJ's head and did it over and over. AJ started to laugh! He is a happy baby. They called him Neo Neo (sp?) It means "strong like bull" ! Isn't that funny? Well, we have to take "bull" down to breakfast. Here are some pictures of our little man!