First hellos

We arrived at the agency at 10:00 am (after a bit of a runaround the city with a confused taxi driver.) We met a social worker who gave us Jaden's passport and told us that his foster mother was on her way. She shut us in a backroom and we waited. The minutes took an eternity - the last few before we met our son.

The foster mom finally walked in and immediately held Jaden out to us. With gusto she introduced us to him as "ommah" and "oppah" (mom and dad.) Jaden didn't necessarily agree -- he was definitely a little hesitant with us at first. We went up to a playroom and had about 30 minutes together. The foster mother and social worker explained his routines to us. To be honest, it was terribly hard to concentrate. It was just so amazing; seeing him, touching him, hearing him, watching him. He is a busy little boy with a happy demeanor. He laughed and smiled often and played with every toy that was out in that short period of time. He let me hold him for a few minutes at a time before fussing for his foster mom. We got a chance to snap a few photographs -- the first of thousands I'm sure.

The foster mom is just phenomenal. She gave us a couple of photo albums of pictures she had taken over the past 8 months. She also gave us an amazing photo of Jaden on his 100th day -- all dressed up in traditional attire. It is gorgeous -- he is gorgeous. A perfect, healthy, happy baby boy. We couldn't ask for anything more.

We will meet with him again on Thursday afternoon and hope that he begins to feel more comfortable with us. Until then, we will scour the city for things he might enjoy.

The wait was definitely worth it.