We got in around 2, to discover that the room we had reserved wasn't actually available... because the previous guest decided to extend his stay. D'oh! But the hotel set us up with a nice little room, and promised to move us tomorrow. As we prepped the room and waited, we got a little nervous. After all, this was it, the day. THE day. The DAY. You get the idea.
Anyhow, I met the foster mother in the lobby around 4, as planned... but the representative from the lawyer's office, who's supposed to be there to translate and do official stuff was running late. So we tried to make small talk across the linguistic divide while I marvelled at how cute and observant and with it Aden was. And how incredibly attached to his foster mother he was. At which point, I realized that we were probably in for a rocky night.
Eventually the lawyer's rep got there, and we all went up to the room where Melissa was waiting. More talk ensued, about schedules and feeding and the upcoming Embassy visit and Aden's health... and then, suddenly, it was time to go. The foster mother was clearly sad to leave Aden - after all, she's been raising him for the past ten months - but after the goodbye's, it was just the three of us.
At first, it was great - he's cute and smiley and giggly and squirmy... but then he seemed to realize - the woman he thinks of as mom, she's not coming back.
So, long story short, there's been a lot of crying. A whole lot. The only breaks were for bath time (which he loved), feeding (which ended too quickly), and now sleepy time (which we hope lasts the night). Anyways, we have faith that it's going to get better, but for now, these two pictures should sum it all up - guess which was from the beginning of the afternoon, and which was from the end.
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Congratulations! Good luck sleeping tonight, all of you!
elizabeth is kicking up a storm--asleep--dreaming of the wonderful day when her new pal Aden will hit the streets. a night of crying, a night of laughing (elizabeth keeps herself awake, staring at me, smiling, and laughing), its all good. + this blog. good idea. nice way to keep track of the early days. can't wait to see the reconfigured withers in nov.
Whew... sleeping was tough, but we got through it.
We're all excited for the day that Aden hits the mean streets of Providence. He's going to whip that crooked town right into shape!
And the Providence Withers branch has reconfigured indeed, like Voltron. Admittedly, a Voltron that wears fuzzy footie pajamas and babbles incoherently, but Voltron nonetheless.
Man, he is a cutie !
M, love the drinking while parenting picture.
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