For those who have adopted, or have been adopted, they know these children have two special days … a birthday and a “Gotcha Day”. A Gotcha Day is the day an adopted child enters his or her adoptive family. Today is my oldest sons “Gotcha Day”.
Six years ago today my wife and I met this handsome little man! This meeting was an answer to a prayer. Nearly fifteen years of trying a myriad of different things and finally a Social Worker, with angel wings in tow, placed him in our arms, trusting us to raise him the best we could!
Getting to that point was quite the challenge. There were background checks, getting matched, working with Immigration for citizenship, working with the State Department for Noah’s Visa, working with the Chinese Consulate for our Visas, working with the Chinese for finalizing the adoption, working with a travel agency for arrangements, and lastly, working with a lawyer in the US to complete his adoption with an American birth certificate.
But the day we finally met was filled with a lot of emotion … and one little man who was confused, scared, and likely the only one who had no say to what was going on! This picture to the left was the last thing we tried to do that day … go get dinner … and as you can imagine, this 21 month old kid was about to tap out! Our dinner plans quickly changed to a version of room service that involved the most interesting version my wife and I ever had!
But when all was complete, we were able to bring him home. While there have been challenges along the way, Aimee and I have been blessed to be part of his life and have him as part of ours.
Noah you beautiful and amazing little man, please never forget how much we love you and how proud we are of you! We hope you have an amazing Gotcha Day! With love, Mom and Dad.
Im not crying😭 you’re crying!! Thanks for sharing this ❤️❤️