Live from Taipei...
What an incredible journey this has been! I'm writing from my hotel room in Taipei, which thankfully has a free high-speed internet connection. It's still not quite 6 am at home in Mobile, so I've yet to talk to Heather and tell her the wonderful news...Ian is in my arms and he's ours!
We got off the plane this morning at a little after 5 am Taipei time. After immigration and customs, we waited for our escort and headed to Taichung (about 100 miles south of Taipei on the western coast). We waited for an hour at a government office for some paperwork, then visited the foster family's home and picked up Ian. He was napping at the time, but woke up. Still, he was the Ian from all the pictures we've received: a bit serious and stoic. We'll, that was just the nap talking, because once we got him back the agency and had some time playing with him, we saw the giggles and smiles come out. He's still a bit serious at times, but he's finally three-deminsional!
We also had the honor of meeting his birth mother and her father. What an emotional trip it was for us all. The obviously had deep feelings for this little boy, as did the foster mother. We assured them that he will know he has a family in Taiwan that loves him dearly.
It's been a long day and there are many more details I want to write, but other than sleeping on the plane, I've had nothing in a long time. Doing okay, just need the break tonight. I'll write more later and share the following pictures for now.
All my best!
James
Shortly after we first met!
Ian in the home of his foster mother in Taichung.
We got off the plane this morning at a little after 5 am Taipei time. After immigration and customs, we waited for our escort and headed to Taichung (about 100 miles south of Taipei on the western coast). We waited for an hour at a government office for some paperwork, then visited the foster family's home and picked up Ian. He was napping at the time, but woke up. Still, he was the Ian from all the pictures we've received: a bit serious and stoic. We'll, that was just the nap talking, because once we got him back the agency and had some time playing with him, we saw the giggles and smiles come out. He's still a bit serious at times, but he's finally three-deminsional!
We also had the honor of meeting his birth mother and her father. What an emotional trip it was for us all. The obviously had deep feelings for this little boy, as did the foster mother. We assured them that he will know he has a family in Taiwan that loves him dearly.
It's been a long day and there are many more details I want to write, but other than sleeping on the plane, I've had nothing in a long time. Doing okay, just need the break tonight. I'll write more later and share the following pictures for now.
All my best!
James
Shortly after we first met!
Ian in the home of his foster mother in Taichung.
He doesn't seem wild about hats!
Ian on the car ride back to Taipei (no car seat, but we made it fine).
Ian on the car ride back to Taipei (no car seat, but we made it fine).
Ian was sitting on my stomach on the bed and giggling. I asked Barbara to take a brief video of him having so much fun, but he fixated on the camera and hardly moved. Five seconds later, he fell asleep! Just like that!
2 Comments:
Ian is precious! What a blessing! I can't wait to see him in person.
~Michelle Carpenter
Dear James,
God bless you, Heather, Anna and Ian. Be happy my friend, you are blessed more than you will realize for some time. (Remember, we adopted our precious Ruth at the ripe old age of two days. She's 37 now and has blessed us with two precious angels of her own.
Much love and hugs,
~PattyKay
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