So, we got Kai today after we were told that due to some missing papers we weren't able to get him yesterday. Here is the day in short (sorryonly in English, will have to translate it later):
We got up early in the morning after a not-so-good sleep partly due to being nervous about the day to come. We had breakfast at 7 and left the hotel after packing all the orphanage gifts. The hotel staff was very helpful and found us a bus that took us directly to the hotel where we met Yulin, we drove with her and her brother in his car to the orphanage which was very hidden and under construction, nobody would have ever thought that it looked as nice as it was on the inside.
We were welcomed by a very pretty, young orphanage director who offered us tea and after a few minutes (I was soooo nervous) they brought Kai in who was still having lunch. They told him that we were his new Mama and Papa and Hope was being really cute and tried to give him stickers which scared him and he started crying. They told him (that’s what I assumed) that he will be leaving with us and started saying Goodbye to him and he started crying miserably. We were able to take a few photos and some video and after about 30 minutes altogether we went downstairs back to the car. Only then, the orphanage director who had tears in her eyes handed him to me and he cried in the car for about 3 minutes. The drive back to the hotel was difficult mostly because Hope wanted my attention and sit on my lap, she was being really jealous. We managed to get back to the hotel, all of us out of sorts, and once there Steve left to get some food. Later on we all went for a walk and then Vivian (our guide here in Beijing) came and took us to a photo store to take a family photo. She left and we had a really nice dinner in a ‘restaurant’ that looked more like somebody’s back porch, but the food was unbelievable. After some dessert (ice cream) we went back to the room and now everyone is settling down, even Steve already sleeps I think (8pm). It was a long day.
I have added all the photos to the Flickr link that you can click on the right hand side.
Alle Fotos von heute koennt Ihr sehen, wenn Ihr auf den Flickr link klickt auf der rechten Seite.
2 comments:
Woo Hoo! You are a family of four. I look forward to meeting your son when you get back home. Keep blogging! I love following your journey.
Thanks for keeping us updated. What a great experience to go to the orphanage and it looks beautiful inside. I wish we had had that experience our first time.
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