We have Mason!

What a day we have had! We arrived at the Civil Affairs office around 1:30 and waited for about 10 minutes for Mason to arrive. He walked through the door with a woman from the orphanage who oversees the foster parents. He was so precious - trying to smile for us and also trying not to cry at the same time. We showed him the travel size Lite Brite in his backpack and he was enthralled.

He is VERY active, smart, and all boy! He ran all over the office and explored every nook and cranny. He has obviously been so loved and well cared for. He loves to be busy, and so we have walked around Chongqing and taken him to KFC, the local playground, and Pizza Hut.

He is very noisy and makes sounds all the time! I know we are frustrating to him at times because we don't understand everything he wants. He had a small "meltdown" at Pizza Hut and didn't want to mind. We came home and gave him bath (complete with bubbles), put on his pajamas and watched a Signing Time video. He was doing the signs immediately, but the movie was too slow and he quickly lost interest. He is now coloring with his daddy and seems to be completely at ease with us. God is so good!

Because he is always moving, most of the pictures I took today were not award winners, but I was able to get some sweet pictures of him with Randy. At one point, Randy and I looked at each other laughing, hoping that God remembers how old we are! He is going to love having brothers and sisters. How thankful we are again that we are blessed to be his "forever" family!

Tomorrow we are going to the zoo and probably back to the playground. I don't know how Mason will sleep tonight, but Randy and I are tired!

Thank you again for your prayers for Mason. This day was so much better than I could even imagine. He is a precious gift!