Family Day!

Today - November 5th, 2018 - was Family Day (aka Gotcha Day)!

We headed out about 9am and arrived at the Civil Affairs office just before 9:30. We did a little paperwork and then waited for Cabot to arrive. The orphanage director and her daughter (who was off school for the day) arrived with him at about 10:35am.

The feeling of seeing him in person for the first time was indescribable. 

He walked in smiling and the orphanage director and our guide told him we are his mom and dad and he immediately came over and hugged Jeremy.

He let me pick him up but he wasn't super psyched about it.

We signed lots of papers and agreed to always love him and take care of him and never abandon him (you actually have to sign a paper saying you won't abandon the child you're adopting). Then the orphanage director told him they were leaving and he was going with us and he was not happy. He made it out to the van with us.

Then he got car sick and stayed glued to Jeremy's side.

We made it home and had to change him right away because of the car sick incident and that upset him so much. I think it just set off his grieving and sadness and he cried so hard. It made momma cry too. I held him and tried to soothe him for probably close to 30 minutes. Finally I gave him to Jeremy to hold and he settled right down.

Eventually they took a little nap together.

My mom and I ventured to the mall/Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart is in the basement of the mall) and got some snacks and then picked up dinner. Cabot was apparently very sad for awhile when we were gone and when we got back he and Jeremy were snuggled up. Jeremy fed him some dinner like a little bird.

He perked up later and had tons of fun running around the room and gathering up things to put in his backpack.

Things we know about Cabot so far:

• He LOVES Jeremy - he'll put up his arms for Jeremy to pick him up but no one else. 
• He's got "Baba" down which means Dad in Mandarin
• He loves water
• He likes to carry around his sippy cup in his mouth
• He likes to carry ALL his toys in his hands
• He's so good at zipping and unzipping his backpack
• He's super good at picking up trash and putting it in the trash can
• He pretend eats with a spoon that was in the room
• He likes to watch cartoons
• He is over all a REALLY happy boy and is quick with a smile
• We love him SO MUCH

A couple side notes. Cabot's Chinese name is Duo Jun so we're calling him both Cabot and Duo Jun at this time. Also, I didn't really proof read this post so I apologize for any grammatical or spelling errors.  Thanks everyone for following along!