The Birth of a Boy

AND.HERE.HE.IS!

At last, we meet Joshua. He was ANXIOUSLY waiting for us. He was early and our driver was delayed by traffic. Waiting, waiting, waiting.

He was looking out the window when we opened the door and jumped right down with a HUGE smile on his face.
He tentatively gave me a hug. Very sweet.
He greeted Bob, "Hello Babba."
Our guide was super in preparing us and helping to keep our expectations in line. She knows Joshua fairly well and thought his personality would lend itself to a successful day yet we needed to be prepared to move forward on his time table.

And then......Joshua commandeered the camera......for quite a while.
Oh my. The paperwork. The only thing I didn't bring was what I needed. The Letter of Intent paperwork would have been very helpful because basically we had to fill out the same thing. I was feeling a bit scattered so did my best. Lots of papers to sign.

Meanwhile, Joshua thought playing with Bob was very cool. They laughed and giggled and put legos together.
Did I mention JOSHUA.IS.SMART? He got those legos out, opened up the booklets and went for it. He is a busy boy. Coloring, playing, exploring, smiling, putting things together and taking them apart again, yoyo's! Let me tell you about the yoyo. I never saw anyone do that. He put the yoyo on the ground and pulled it like a car on a string and proceeded to roll it up. Wowsa! I never thought of that.

I got a little lap time too!
We were introduced to Ultraman.The initial paperwork took almost 2 hours. We handed over out gifts and away we went for a family photo.

All is well. I will report on our first impressions and our first night together after breakfast.

Later gators.