Meetcha Day!

Today was our Meetcha Day with the boys! Even though we met them last year, today we got to meet them as their mom and dad! They were so sweet! Isaiah was holding Kaleb's hand as they walked out of the door at the TH. Isaiah came and gave me a big hug then hugged Brad. Brad picked him up in a huge hug. I picked up Kaleb and he was smiley and happy (thank you Jesus)! Then Isaiah came and hugged me again and he had tears in his eyes. Such a sweet moment to see him so happy too! Isaiah remembered Jacob too. He went up to him and said Jafar! I almost got a picture of all five of us looking at the camera-almost :) Isaiah was calling us Mom and Dad all afternoon, it kept surprising me. It was so sweet. Kaleb says some words, we just don't know what any of them are :) It sounded like he said Mom and Dad a few times, but we weren't sure. He remembered so much about us from last spring and from things in the care packages. He asked about our animals and if we had a car at home. he about fell over when he found out that we have two cars. He wanted to see pictures of our home. I totally meant to take some before we left, but I didn't, shame on me. Brad will have to do that when he gets home so Isaiah can see our house before we go home.

Our life is going to be busy, busy, busy. Kaleb is all over the place and Jacob isn't too far behind. They pretty much went in different directions all afternoon. I'm so thankful my mom was here to help. I'm not sure what we are going to do when we are out numbered. :) Isaiah is so sweet and is so happy to be coming to Illinois and be a family. He wanted to share everything he has with his brothers and with us. He was looking out for both of his brothers while they were playing by the steps, it was sweet to see him step into the big brother role for Jacob right away. He really likes his name and responded to it right away. Another Ethiopian girl heard him tell someone that his name is Isaiah and she said something to him in Amharic. I asked what she said and he told me that she said "that's not your name, its K******" He just laughed.

Jacob cried a lot this afternoon. Part of it was he wanted me to hold him and part was that he didn't take a nap this afternoon and part of it was that the nannies scared him when they freaked out and seeing a Big Jafar and they tried grabbing him and kissing him. He wasn't a fan. This will be a big adjustment for him.

We are so thankful that all three of our boys were together today and we can't wait for the adventure that tomorrow I'm sure will bring! We will be going to bed earlier on this trip for sure!!