Metcha Day 10.19.2011

This is the day you have all been waiting for...METCHA DAY!!!! I'll post pictures first since I know that's the whole reason you are here!!!

Erin, he does smile!!!

We are in love with this little man.  He is so sweet.  The nurse at the orphanage described Blake as very active and loving.  She said they are all in love with him so much.  Which after today I can understand why...he was so snuggly and happy.  I do have to say, he is much smaller than we originally thought.  He maybe weighs 15-17 lbs., probably 9-12 month clothing...I'm guessing?  We'll see.  He is just so sweet.  We didn't get a very long visit today because this visit was for us to decide if we wanted to adopt him or not...which was a no-brainer!  He was really cute, Jerad would rub his leg with his hand and then Blake would rub his hand in the same spot.  They repeated this for a long while.  We took the little ball that is in the pictures for him to play with and he kept trying so hard to get the little rattle ball out of the cage, when he couldn't figure it out, he grabbed both of my hands and put them on the ball to get it out.  So he is smart and determined!

I wasn't sure how much to snuggle with him at first, but I just couldn't help it.  I was kissing on his hand and he'd laugh, then I'd kiss again, and he'd laugh.  Pretty soon he was holding his hand up to my mouth by himself wanting me to do it again.  Ohhh, my heart just melted.  When it was time for us to go, his nanny let us take him back to his groupa ourselves and he wouldn't let go of me...he kept clinging to me and hid his face in my shirt when the nanny reached to take him....ohhh, talk about tears.  I finally handed him over against his will and gave him the ball to keep and we walked away.  I knew right then, God created this boy for us, he is our son. We are meant to be right at this place, right now, getting this boy.  Be still my soul.

We are so anxious to go back tomorrow and visit Blake again.  I can't stop thinking about him.  Thank you all for the prayers for sleep, we surprisingly slept better last night..despite being on a train that lurched to a stop every hour or so.  Although, by now, the day is catching up with me.  We have only had pizza today to eat, actually only about 1 meal a day since we've gotten here.  I think if I look at 1 more package of peanut butter crackers I'll throw up! Keep praying, we have a lot of work ahead of us to do...specifically with paperwork before court and with being away from our girls, and for loving and growing a bond with Blake. 
Here are a few pics of our train: