And, there he was...

This may sound like an unusual thing to be thankful for but, today I am reminded of the ways in which God has all things planned out according to His great design.  When we arrived here in Ethiopia on Sunday morning about 1am, our luggage was not here.  We had packed wisely and really weren't hurting much in light of our lack of luggage.  This morning, we cleaned up as best we could then went to meet our son.  Oh, what a marvelous, wonderful day it has been.  He is just precious and simply adorable.  When we arrived at the orphanage, we entered the courtyard filled with 'older kids', meaning everyone out of diapers up to about age 10.  We gave them hugs, shook their hands and loved on them a little.  The social worker who was escorting us asked if we recognized our son and I replied "No, he is little".  She replied, oh- we got upstairs to infant room.  Inside, we entered a nice, newly finished building which was very bright and sunny.  We were asked to put on booties over our shoes to keep dirt from getting into the baby room.  Although not stylish, we appreciated their attention to cleanliness.  We could hear the room before we got there- I remember looking up and seeing the cutest little girl peering over the baby gate.  As we went up the last flight of stairs we could see and hear the baby room.  After stepping into the room, we said hello to a few babies before I saw his bed.  I recognized it from the pictures we had been sent.  And then, we saw him!  A nanny was holding him so I waited a minute (or maybe less!) for him to check me out and then she slowly handed him to me.  It was a meeting like every adoptive parent dreams of- calm and quiet and peaceful.  Next, he cuddled with Wes which was simply incredible to witness.  We spent the next hour or so taking turns holding him, making silly faces and loving on him.  We took turns, one of us holding Kaleb and the other playing with the other little babies.  All were very chubby and very healthy. A few runny noses but, what kid doesn't have a runny nose half the time?  There were about four nannies and about ten babies in the room.  Its very clean, warm and they seem very attentive. We stayed for about an hour before the social worker came to get us.  Today, it was sad to leave him but we know we're going back tomorrow.  We can't wait to go play with the babies again tomorrow!!  We are so blessed and are thrilled to have met our little guy :)  Once we're back, we'll have some amazing pictures to share if you run into us in person.  We still can't post pics online until he's home to America but trust us.... he's a cutie!!  Thank you so much for all your prayers, we greatly appreciate it!