We arrived Saturday morning at 8:30 and after getting settled at Rich and Robin's we couldn't wait any longer and hopped in the car to go see our boy! When we arrived at the orphanage Sister Gracias was out front and we told her that we were here to see JP. At first she said..."John Paul???? He is adopted." Talk about slight panic....but I realized that we hadn't introduced ourselves so I said I am his mom. She just laughed and said,"Oh, yes I remember you.!" PHEW!!! She asked us to wait in a small room while she went to get him. It was probably only 10 minutes but it felt like an hour! I think she was putting nice clothes on him and getting him cleaned up. We finally saw her approaching and JP was clinging to her. His face was buried in her neck so we could barely see him. She came right to me and said, "John Paul...Here is your mommy." And of course I got all teary as she handed him to me and he snuggled right onto me gripping my shirt with one hand and my hair with the other. Even his feet were clinging to me as he wrapped himself around my waist. Robin got a picture of us. After about 5 minutes of snuggling he began to cry and he seemed a little scared so I gave him back to Sister Gracias and he snuggled onto her and was asleep in no time. We left and came home for a nap and some lunch. As much as I wanted to bring him back with us I also didn't want him to be afraid. I have to remind myself that I am a stranger to him. It's hard to pull back after waiting so long to hold him and kiss his sweet cheeks.
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