Gotcha Day!!

When we went to the transition home today it was truely amazing.  For me, it we a conflct of emotions struggling between exreme sadness for all of these orphaned children and thankfulness that these kids have a hope and a future.  I have read on several blogs that the kids are really loved on there.  I can now confirm this for myself.  The nannies there really get attahced to each one of the kids and love them as there own.   One nanny told us that she couldnt afford to adopt a chld, so she works in the oprhanage instead.  She loves the kids and pours her life into each one she cares for.  While this is great, it makes days like today very difficult for them.  This was one thing that I was not prepared to watch unfold before me.  We watched as Micah's nanny cried and cried as we prepared to leave.  As the bus was rolling away, I waved Micah's hand to her and she broke down and went inside.  Heartwrenching.   They each know that the child is going to a great home and will have a better chance at an education and a promising future, but they are essentially the mother of this child, knowing they will never see them again. I don't want to be a downer on such a happy day for us, but again, I was not prepared for what we experinced.   Micah's personality is really coming out today.  He is very happy and when is really excited he sticks his tongue out.  We saw in several of his pictures he had his tongue out and we really didnt know why.  But now he just laughs and stickes that tongue out to the bottom of his chin!  He is so much fun to watch.  He has yet to cry that what we could not satisfy his need.  He even cried one time when Mary left the room, for which we were very thankful.  He seems to be bonding with her very well and even wants her to hold him.  We put him to bed about an hour ago(9 pm) and he went right to sleep.  He just will not stop eating so we filled him up pretty good on cereal and a bottle and we was so tired he went right to sleep in Mary's arms.  She kinda liked that!   This entire experience has been wonderful.  I cannot say enough about the people at the transition home.  They really  do a great job there with the 94 kids in a not-so-big building.  They do amazing work with all of these kids, each one to be taken to their forever family.    Mary mentioned in an earlier blog that a ddermatologist is staying in a room next to us.  He looked Micah over tonight and he thinks that most of his skin issues are treatable and will go way but it will take several months.  It does not appear that he currently has scabbies even though he has been treated for them twice already.  We are not sure about what all else he has because we will not get his medical records until tomorrow.   I will post more later, but here are a few pics for today. ps.  yes he is 13 lbs and crawls like a maniac!  Thus the skinned up nose.