Home, Sweet Home

June 11, 2010

We've been home from China for nearly two weeks now and I believe we're over our jet lag and Benjamin is settling in rather well. He is truly amazing. Considering his age I expected it to be more difficult, therefore, I'm happy to say that I was wrong. I believe he has an exceptional personality and inner strength that will enable him to do great things.

I've had a little time now to browse through my photos taken in China and I found some really fun ones. While in China I posted quick pics from the expensive business center or from the free-internet in the shops and those were more difficult because many of the commands were in Chinese and I didn't want to bother the shopkeepers to help me. Their generosity in allowing us to use their Internet access was enough. Plus I didn't want to take too much time looking through pictures to pick the best ones to post because Dale was flying solo every minute that I was away. I'll be adding a few posts with just photos.

I sent an email with some photos yesterday to the director of Angel House and was pleasantly surprised to see that the photos were posted on the Angel House blog this morning. Several care givers have responded to the message I sent and the photos shared. It is so obvious the care givers at Angel House are amazing people and we hope to meet them some day.

I posted before about Benjamin bringing several bags of belongings with him when he arrived. This is NOT the norm. Included in these items was two photo albums with anecdotes and words of love and kindness. I cried reading them and being able to see so much of his early life. These will be so precious to him. I believe that at Angel House Benjamin was provided with a true sense of family. Inside one of the albums was a letter from Ms. Eva Deng which included her email address and a request to keep in touch so she would know how Benjamin is doing. I was happy to be able to give her a good report of him and to confirm what she believed: that he is the most handsome, most intelligent, most mischievous little boy ever!

I've included some of the early photos I discovered on the Angel House blog. These were such a joy to find!

COMMENTS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY:

*We are so jealous of these early photos. We looked at this and David made me immediately contact Bekah's orphanage to request copies of her baby photos. You never know... What a gorgeous head of hair on that boy. I can't wait to run my fingers through it:-)
Posted by: Teresa on June 11, 2010 at 01:42 P.M.

*I could just eat him up! He is adorable and I can't wait to see him again. I need an unrequested Benjamin hug!
Posted by: Cynthia Kuhlman on June 13, 2010 at 04:21 A.M.

*I like this one http://static6.photo.sina.com.cn/middle/50187c2at7a9e120ee305&690
Posted by: Jacob on June 15, 2010 at 04:15 A.M.