Monday, March 17, 2008

Here is what we have all been waiting for!

This is the first picture of all 4 of us together. You can see a smile on all our faces.
Tiffany and German playing in the room. He was smiling right before I took the pic.
This was when German first walked in the room.
John, Tiffany and German on the playground.

At about 1130 this morning, we were able to meet German. The trip to Gatcheta was worse than driving the roads of West Virginia, but absolutley beautiful. When we arrived, we were taken upstairs to the ICBF office where they brought German to us. He came in the room and immediately hugged Patty. He had a huge smile on his face and was very friendly. He took his gift, a transformer, and a small snickers bar and he was even happier. The trip back was uneventful as he and Patty took a nap. He was great during the car ride and what time he was awake he seemed excited about the car ride. We didn't have to use the barf bags we brought from the airplane. When we got back to El Refugio, we sat down to our first meal together and he ate everything on his plate. He was very hungry. We spent the rest of the day playing and walking around town. We are getting ready to sit down and eat dinner, so we will post a few pictures and then some more information later on. We hope you all enjoy.

6 comments:

Chrissy said...

Hi everyone. Tell German we can't wait to meet him. Tiff congrats on becoming a big sister. Can't wait to see more pics. Love Chrissy

Genece said...

What an eventful day! One filled with huge blessings! What a sweet sight to see your pictures. Thanks for sharing your happiness and I'm looking forward to hearing more in the days ahead.
We'll be praying for you at the online prayer chat tonight!
Love, Genece

Beth said...

Congrats on your big day! He is adorable, we will check in daily . Thank you for the updates!

David and Sheila Derr said...

What a wonderful day! We are so excited for all of you and will also continue to stop by, see how things are going, and pray for you as you are in Colombia!

Much Love,
The Derrs =)

Mary T said...

Congratulations! It has been so exciting hearing about all the
"goings on" with your family of FOUR! Thank you so much for keeping us up on all your adventures.

And the photos....they are wonderful! We have one of them posted on the cabinet near your desk. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers and can't wait to hear more and to help welcome German home!

Mary T and everyone at HNSA

Anonymous said...

Congrats!! We've been on vaca for the last week so I've been "itchin" to see your new family together!!! Congrats again and enjoy your time there. We'll be following you!