Patrick Boyle

First things first...I got our room straightened out. We moved to the other hotel building and life is good. Our room is huge and has a nice separate sitting area. It is a bright and cheery room. The assistant manager at the other building was glad to see us go. I know he thought I was a royal pain in the you know what.

We got to the government building where Patrick was to be a little early with no sign of him. We sat & waited and watched other families start their adoption life together. I have to say I was pretty calm. Finally Patrick's nanny brought him into where we were sitting. He is smaller then I thought he would be but just as cute as in his photos. He did not cry initially. His nanny introduced us and he just took it all in. Katie entertained him while we filled out some paperwork. He cried a couple of times but only briefly. We finished our paperwork and Bob said it was time to go. By this time we had Patrick about 30 minutes. His nanny left while we distracted him. He looked for her briefly when we started leaving but never cried. He sat with Katie in the van we rode in. He did great on the ride back to the hotel. He got out of the van willingly with us and Bob. We said our good-byes to Bob and went to our room. Patrick held my hand on the way to the room. And the rest of the day went well with no crying. I would say the day went amazingly well. He laughed, yelled and acted like a typical boy. Cheerios were a big hit with him. His cleft lip repair looks good. His teeth don't look that bad either. From what I can see of his palate, it looks pretty big. It runs the entire length of his mouth. He seems to be a happy little boy.

Our sleep awake time is still pretty screwed up. We were all exhausted from the day and we decided to take a little nap at 530 pm. Patrick took his shoes and socks off and got in bed with Bill. He is a gabby guy so he will get along great with Hailey. Bill said he sucks his thumb. He is somewhat potty trained. If you ask him if he has to go, he will go for you. Everyone is still asleep so we will all be up in the middle of the night again (830 pm).

So far so good today. We go to do our paperwork tomorrow at 10 am.

The photos were taken in our hotel room. Notice the peace sign in the photos.

MB