Samuel is officially (again) our son

We had our embassy appointment at 7:15am.
What an experience- about 30 families all there waiting for their number to be called.
Fortunately we were in group 5.
(And the embassy officer use to live in Green Lake area of Seattle- that was fun to talk about)
We had to hold Samuel up and the officer looked at him and compared him to his passport picture- Samuel smiled a big smile for him!!
And then Rob and I held up our right hand and swore that we would take care of Samuel.
He just looked at us very quizically as we repeated after the officer.

As tiring (emotionally and physically) as yesterday was, today was restful.
It felt so good to come back from the embassy appointment.
We went to the pool and Samuel had his first swim- he loved the pool.

He is doing great today.
Last night sleeping in the crib didn't go so well. He would roll over and hit the railing and start crying (close to screaming). So he ended up in bed with us, which seemed very comforting to him. At all times, he had his feet on me and his hands or head on Rob.
He slept great after that (Rob and I may not say the same as we kept watching him and making sure we wouldn"t smoosh him!)
We will have to see how to transition that, but for now it helps with all the changes he is having. (He slept in the bed with the foster mom and her two teenage daughters)

He has eaten a ton today- lots of bottles and bananas and apples. (The rice cereal didn't go so well, we will try that tomorrow)

We are having a great time and loving being with our son. He is a gift. He has the most wonderful personality and loves watching people and playing.

We have pictures from today.
Once we have them on the computer- I'll add them to the blog.

Some good friends of ours all also adopting from Guatemala. Tomorrow their daughters foster mom is bringing her to the hotel. We are so excited to meet her.

signing off for now
melanie