Matthew Explains His Travel Plans

Scott sent this video today and it is a hoot!  He asked Matthew how he would be getting home and this was his response...

Looks like we have a smart little man on our hands.  We didn't even think that he could talk and look at him now.  He is a little shy and Scott says that he hides behind his leg whenever a stranger is near.  That is such a great thing!  He is bonding so quickly to Scott and that melts my heart.  They get on the plane in 3 hours!!  The first step to coming home is getting closer!

Court is finished!

We had our court hearing this morning and it went very smoothly. It lasted a little under an hour and they didn't ask any difficult questions. Our time in court was much more formal this time and we were asked to stand each time that we had to speak to the judge. We had a female judge and she was very pleasant. She even told Scott that it must be destiny to have this child because he looks so much like Scott. After the court, we got to see Matthew one final time. Scott will return now in 30 days to bring Matthew home. We found out that he'll be staying around 8-10 days when he returns to finish all of the paperwork. He was a bit shocked and will have to become a full time daddy because he'll have Matthew with him in the hotel room.
It has been a wonderful trip and it was such a great experience for Sarah. She will now have these great memories of meeting her brother and getting to see what kind of life he had. We feel blessed and our family is complete.

Freezing and a day at the beach??

It was so cold here today and it actually snowed last night. Such a big change from the warm weather we had in China. Sarah and I had fun walking around the beach and collected some beach glass before our hands were too frozen to hold another piece.
We saw Matthew again today and he was extra shy. He was crowded in a room with 6 adults though and 5 of us are true strangers. That's a lot for one little boy to take in. Once we got to take him outside and play with him, he warmed up and we got to her him speak an entire sentence! He's been so quiet, we didn't know if he could really talk as much as they were saying. I put a few photos of him without showing his face. I'll have lots of photos after we bring him home in May.

Made it to Vlad

We are finally settled down at the Vlad Motor Inn and our jet lag is wearing off. It's amazing to think that we are now 15 hours ahead of our time in DC. We all woke up the first few nights at 3am and had a big "can't sleep" party. It's really nice getting a chance to spend time with Sarah and we have LOTS of time in the hotel.
We also got to see Matthew yesterday and it was nice to see that he is still so happy and growing. His face is thinning out and his laugh is still cute as ever. Sarah got to experience the small room or I like to call it a closet that we get to play with him in. It is so tiny and adding one more body doesn't help. We're headed out to see him again in 30 minutes. We have to wait for him to have his breakfast of rice and milk. They told us yesterday that he also loves to drink hot tea. Sounds just like Luke!
I'll post more later on our doctor visits. There were interesting...