Day 2, and a look in to the future!

First off, I want to say thanks for all the super-awesome emails, comments, facebook posts, etc. from all our friends and family! You have made an overwhelming situation even more overwhelming (in a good way) because it is so amazing to be reminded of the great life that awaits Harry, with all of your help. I dont know how many posts I will make after this one, as it will start to get in to a daily routine for all of our benefits, and I'm sure you dont want to read about that. So I want to at least fill you in on Harry and our lives:
There is obviously a 'honeymoon period' in all of this, and we are in it. I'm sure the teeth grinding phase is around the bend, but in the meantime, Harry is really a great kid. He is eager to help, very polite, very talkative already even though he doesn't know a word in English. He and Addie get along famously, although the language barrier is formidable. Harry has  a natural inclination to protect and help girls. We were told at the adoption that before he heven knew about us, he requested a family with a younger sister he could take care of. voila! done! We went to the park today and played so great together. I have a soccer prodigy on my hands. I told him we could go to a Colombia National game and he about peed himself.  He seems engaged, happy, not at all frightened, and fun. He is very intelligent, loves the ipad, is committed to 5 new words in English a day, and shows no signs of all the freaking out we have been warned about from the very first day of this process. I am posting pictures of the other kids at Ayudame, in hopes that some of you will follow our lead, they all look so happy and need good homes! The kid in the Elmo shirt was a riot, the girl who looks like she is attacking the camera was showing me her teeth (she was very proud), and the group swarming around Rachel was when they got their pencils. So look for a few new posts about the process (there are a lot of meetings we need to go to), mainly because I want to share the experience for anyone who might be thinking of doing the same thing. Plus, it promises to be an adventure!
-Brian

Each day seems a little more like normal, whatever that is, and from here we try to exist as a family. We will do some touristy things this weekend, and at the end of next week, we have an update meeting. Then Rachel and Addie go home and Harry and I stay for more meetings (and hopefully a visit from Abuela J!)