WE HAVE HIM!!!!!

We finally arrived at our hotel room after 27 hours post take off.  When we met our guide Alan he said that we are going to get Collin at 10am Monday, November 29.  We didn't get much sleep last night because we were all so excited. We picked Collin up at his orphanage which was an hour and a half away.  We were able to see where our little boy spent the first 3 years of his life.  We arrived at his orphanage, they were waiting for us. Very poor conditions and many children there.  Right away I recognized him, he just stared at us when we bent down to speak to him.  I could not believe this was finally happening and the nannies were very nice and answered many questions for us.  Then it was time to go.  As I was leaving a seven year old girl was crying and reached for me to take her too.  It broke my heart and the only consolation is that I know she is going to be adopted soon by another family.  Collin was very happy coming with us and eating candy, until in the van he realized that nobody around him was familiar.  Then his lip puckered and the tears came, he cried himself to sleep.  When we arrived at the hotel, he woke up and began to cry again.  He is such a sweet little boy and we could see in his eyes that he was scared to death.  We did lots of hugging and holding and after about an hour and a half he began to play and things looked brighter.  He was pretty dirty so we gave him a bath then we all left to go out and eat.  He is still having unstable times, but I think he is learning to love us and I know that we are definitely loving him.  Tomorrow is another day and we hope we can see more of his personality in the days to come.  Thanks to all of you for your prayers and most of all we thank God for this huge blessing He gave us today.  We just sit and stare at him because we cannot believe he is ours.  We will blog more tomorrow.  Love to all of you, Pam