Gotcha Day!

The past two days have been overwhelming and exciting. We traveled Monday morning from Beijing to Guangzhou. We knew when we arrived in Guanzhou that it would be a short time before we got to pick up Levi. Of course the plane was delayed landing an hour because of thunderstorms. We ran in to check in our hotel and grabbed a few things and off we went tot the Civil Affairs office to get our children. It was very crowded when we arrived and a lot of the children were screaming and crying. It is a huge shock to their system because many of them have never traveled in their lives and more than likely they traveled a good distance to get to the Civil Affairs office. We were 3 in line with our group to get Levi. The first two girls cried when they were given to their parents so we were prepared for Levi to do the same. The called our name and Levi came bouncing out like he was saying "Here I am!" He was smiling and posing with us for pictures. He held up the peace sign just as he had done in the pictures we received from the orphanage. We had a matchbox car, stuffed animal and ball for him and he began playing with us immediately. The only time he cried was when the nannies left. The nannies told Scott they were very attached to him and want to keep in touch with us. He is definitely a ladies' man. We found out today that he has been called Kai Kai. His Chinese name is Xin Kai (pronounced sin kai) - the affectionate term is Kai Kai. We have been calling him that and Levi to get him used to that name.

Levi slept all night, we actually had to wake him up this morning. We are thankful for that. Yesterday when we were going through the belongings the orphanage brought for him we found the picture of our family we had sent to him. As I was pointing to the pictures and sying "Mama, Baba (Daddy), and Hope" he lit up and smiled at Hope's picture. That was so sweet. Levi has a sweet mild personality. He is all boy though. He loves his cars and he likes to climb. At the grocery store today he started climbing the railings. The sweetest thing last night was when we showed him his new shoes he wanted to put them on and leave them on. He kept looking at them and smiling. Even after we put on his pajamas he wanted to put his new shoes on. Levi did try to say Mama, Daddy and Hope yesterday, however he has spoken a lot of Chinese today. He seems to understand when I ask him to do something but we do point a lot. Thankfully he is using the potty and can use the squatty potty with no problems.

We miss Hope very much but we are able to Skype with her nearly every day. She seems to be more interested in seeing herself on the computer screen than us. She saw Levi for the first time this morning (Tuesday) and she didn't know quite what to thing. She will adjust and be glad to have someone to team up against Mommy with! I'll write more later. Enjoy the pictures of our new SON!!!