Jay!

We all survived the flight - I don't think I've ever been that tired in my life! We were so happy to arrive at a beautiful huge hotel suite - our suite includes two bedrooms, a living room, two kitchens, two offices, and two bathrooms! We got to our hotel room around midnight and all crashed. Today we woke up early, had breakfast, and got our paperwork ready to meet Jay at the Civil Affairs Office.

When our driver pulled out in front of the Civil Affairs Office, Jay was walking in with his orphanage director and nanny. He'd just arrived from his 1 1/2 hour drive from the orphanage. As we pulled over, he screamed "Mami!" and came running over to us!

We went up to the office and spent some time playing and completing paperwork. Jay was happy and silly and didn't seem scared at all.



He had a small meltdown when his nanny left - which made Sam and Audrey very sad. It was heartbreaking to have him scream and cry for his nanny as I had to carry him out of the office and get him in our van. He cried and screamed the whole drive back to the hotel. But then, everything was better when he got out of the van and saw there were elevator buttons to be pushed. And, he's been great ever since!

We spent the afternoon playing on iPads, checking out the hotel play area, playing with balloons, and swimming. He LOVED the swimming pool and wanted to jump in all by himself. Just had to let him do that once, to see he needed to wait for someone to catch him. After swimming, he thought it was hilarious to walk around with his towel around him like a monk.











He's a little character and has already figured out that we don't understand what he's saying so he screams into my iPhone (google translate). His last message was: "I want Pizza Hut!"

Audrey and Sam love him and are doing great playing with him and helping me to figure out what he wants. We'll see how nighttime goes - that was always the hardest time for Audrey and Sam.