After tossing and turning all night, we finally got up at 6:45 to shower and get ready for the day. Nick once again tried to get internet access which was sketchy at best. We went down for breakfast and ran into friends who arrived yesterday and had their sweet baby girl with them. It was around 8:30 am and 11 am was not coming fast enough. We ate and another family came with their 5 year old son. He and Y had come into Hannah’s Hope together. Seeing his smiling face made me even more anxious.
We finished up eating and went to sit in the lobby and attempt to get on the internet again. Not much luck! You need to have lots of patience in a third world country. We people watched, visited with other families, and greeted the remaining two families in our travel group when they arrived at 9:30 am. Wass the driver for HH showed up and I asked if we could go with him. He was there to pick up a family here on trip 1. We were told no. We have to stick to the schedule.
It was finally 11 and Wass came back for us and the two families that had arrived that morning. When the van pulled into the court yard, Y was there waiting. The kids all called his name. They must tell them who is coming. He came running over to the van all smiles. Nick and I were trapped in the back of the van and could not get out fast enough. I opened the window and stuck my hand out to grab his. Man I missed that sweet smile of his. I can’t wait to show you his great smile on Tuesday.
It was hugs all around for both of us. We told him how much we loved him and missed him. Nick asked if he was ready to go to America and he giggled and said yes! We hung out with him for about two hours. They must have kept a bunch of the other kids away as there were many familiar faces missing. It perhaps was nap time and they had already been put down. Y was fed lunch and we left shortly after.
Y seems to have gotten a cold since we were here last. His one eye is quite red too. I didn’t bring anything for pink eye. Can’t remember if it will go away on its own or if we need meds. Will have to play it by ear this week and maybe arrange to get some if we can as we won’t be back in Bismarck until after all is closed for the weekend. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of matter so maybe just related to the cold and his nose is running none stop. We have started him on a probiotic and I had airborne packs I am putting in water to try and boost his immunity.
When we got back to the hotel, we gave him a bath and changed his clothes. I had sweatpants picked out and he said no. He was looking for jeans. I hadn’t seen him in jeans in any pictures or the whole trip 1 so maybe he was finally ready to wear some. He is a skinny little bugger. The 5T slims I bought are definitely the right length, but they are very cinched. Good thing for adjustable waist bands.
Y checked out the room and pushed the button for the tv. He will fit right in. Nick turned to a car building show and we all relaxed. I think Nick was secretly hoping for a nap, but that never happened. At the end of the show, we decided to take his little remote control car and go out back to the alley (the only place outside the hotel we are allowed to take the kids). Other families were already there including his little buddy. They played with their cars and had a great time. They were talking nonstop. The both probably felt like “finally someone I can talk to that understands what I am saying”.
As good as the fries were last time, a whole week of them was too much to think about. The men decided to take a taxi to the Italian Restaurant we ate at last trip and get some food. Y and I went up to the room and watched a couple of videos we had brought. His friend eventually joined us. They got bored with the movies after a bit and so I took out a bag of blocks I had packed. I had to show them how to build towers with them. Some of the blocks were alphabet blocks and Y knew most all of them. He seems to have his colors down too.
The guys finally made it back with food. We were all starving. Since Y ate at HH before we took him, Nick and I skipped lunch so as to not have him think he needed to eat twice and overeat. Nick brought back 4 pizzas for us. He wanted extra for the fridge for the rest of the week. Good thing too because it is 11:50 pm as I am typing this and we are starved – pizza snack and I hear Nick getting into the chocolates as well. I am typing in the dark as Y is sound asleep. Y wasn’t quite sure about pizza. He only ate 1 piece.
After dinner we relaxed some more and anxiously awaited the time we could find the kids and skype with them. We found Nick’s sister Sadie on line and chatted with her a few minutes. She was sweet enough to drive from Fargo to Casselton where the kids are with Grandpa and Grandma to bring them her laptop so we could skype. Got to love family. In the meantime, we found Grandma Marly online and introduced her to Y. We eventually found Kaitlyn at our friend’s house. She is so lonely for her brother that it brought her to tears to see him again and hear him call her name. Their camera wasn’t working for us to see her but you could hear the tears in her voice. Sweet Kaitlyn. We finally connected with the three little girls. They were all so very excited to see him and hear his voice.
We had a short visit and then had to call it a night. Y was ready for bed at 7. We got to bed by 8pm and he was out like a light. I think we were too for an hour or so. Then we woke up and to our shock only two hours had passed. We are unable to sleep so here I am typing in a word document which I will post in the morning when we go downstairs.
If you are still reading, sorry this is so lengthy. I want to document this for Y someday so probably more details then you wanted. Probably better get some sleep before Y wakes up and is ready to play. Thanks for taking this journey with us and including us in your prayers. Friday can’t come quick enough for us. We just want to be home and have the whole family under one roof. We miss our other kids so much. Thank you to all those standing in the gap for us with our other kids while we are gone. You are all the best!
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