Today was our most important day yet, but somehow also the most relaxed we have felt for a few days. We had to meet Dr Sarre and convince her that we are more than ready to take over the care of our son. Although she looks to be about 100 (Tony thinks she is Yoda incarnate) she is very sweet and it is more than obvious how much she cares for the kids there and sincerely hopes that they grow to be proud of who they are and where they came from. The meeting went well (although we were almost 20 mins late due to traffic) and she gave us the all clear to take him home. She asked us lots of questions and gave us lots of pointers on raising a Thai child. Only problem now was that he wasn’t there as he was out having a haircut and his Thai passport done. So we had no choice but to leave for a few hours and do some last minute food shopping of snacks, soup and noodles.
We arrived back at the TRCCH at 1430 to have his medicine given to us, the clothes we had taken for him to wear rushed off and within about 2 minutes he was in our arms and ready to go. No tears today at all which was really heartening. The taxi ride back to the hotel was also no stress. He was in quite a playful mood and not at all scared by the traffic.
Soon after arriving back at home base it was meet the family time; lots of tears from all. He was quite fascinated by everyone and actually went to Valesca for a few minutes. It was quite an emotional time for all of us as the realization of our family becoming complete started to sink in.
We retreated back to our room for some quiet time and starting to get him settled. It wasn’t anywhere the nightmare I thought it would be as he was really good. He had some clear chicken broth followed by a whole tub of banana/corn yoghurt. He also tried 2 french fries from our room service meals. We opted not to do the pre bed bath and soon enough he was tuckered out and ready for sleep.
As for the rest of the travel party they have all become seasoned travelers and ventured out on their own to the Marble Temple and Dusit Zoo. I am so proud of them all as Bangkok is a big scary place to the unaccustomed – we are so glad that we came here last year as we feel quite relaxed here as if its home away from home.
As I write this it is so hard to capture how we feel. We waited so long for this moment to come and it was everything we'd hoped it would be. We both agreed that our family is complete now
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