A P.E.R.F.E.C.T gift!! That is how I would describe today! We could not have dreamed of a better experience than the one we had today for Harrison's Gotcha Day!!! Turns out Harrison the Great, well, he's pretty GREAT!!!
Our 52 minute flight felt like we ascended and immediately descended!! We were pretty excited at that point. Can you tell?...
Our perfect beginning...
Today's perfect ending...
And if both of them only knew...this is just the beginning of something wonderful ;o)
Now...for the in between:
Harrison with his wonderful caretakers!
Harrison smiles a lot but he also turns it off QUICKLY for the camera..this is something we'll be working on :o)
He certainly knew something was going on but just gave us both a really good once over...or 2 or 3!!
It did not take long for him to warm up. They mentioned that Harrison had not been around many men in order to prepare Brandon for the possibility of a not so great reaction. Brandon is the one who pulls the smiles out of him for the camera the few times we managed it! We think this is probably going to be a non-issue..I don't know why don't you be the judge... 
Harrison's first ride in the Ergo with us was on the way back to the hotel! He did GREAT! Just layed his little head on my chest unless he saw something appealing then, he'd peak back up and then lay down again. Very sweet!
We got back and let him check out the new duds! a.k.a roll all over the bed and even almost crawling!! He loves loves loves to be held so he can bounce his legs!! 
Bath time!
PJ's and Aunty Hannah's prized contribution to the baby loot! (Harrison LOVES this thing!)
Tired and Hungry!! This was the only time we heard anything even close to a cry. We gave him the bottle the nanny sent with us to the hotel and it was too cold (it took us about 120 seconds to figure this out...119 too long!)
Then Harrison displayed some pretty fine tuned steam rolling skills. He rolled all around the bed, got up on all fours, rocked back and forth, and even put his head down and booty up with legs locked (I CAN'T wait to get this on video...we were laughing hysterically!!)
All of this eventually landed him right where he belongs... 
Tomorrow we will be attending the church Harrison has gone to each Sunday and possibly meeting his birth mother. Thank you for your love and prayers! We feel them all the way on the other side of the world!
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32 comments:
Congratulations!!! You are all right where you belong. Harrison is a sweetheart!
Precious precious time Smith Family!! We love you guys! We will praise the Lord the rest of the day for you!
Sitting on your website just waiting to see your pictures of Harrison with his parents! What awesome, awesome, awesome pictures! Enjoy!
Congratulations!!! I love all the picturs! He is just to adorable! Have fun :)
I can't wait for the next post...hehe!
Love ya'll,
Aunt Stacey
I'm so happy for all three of you. Words can't even go there, but let me just say the tears are streaming right not and I'm not so much of a crier! Praise Jesus is all I have to say.
I'm so happy for all three of you. Words can't even go there, but let me just say the tears are streaming right not and I'm not so much of a crier! Praise Jesus is all I have to say.
YEA!!! I am so happy to see him in your arms. Such a beautiful blessing.
Amy
Tears in my eyes...soo sweet! Love the pics of your new family of three! He is such a doll and I'm so thankful that everything is going so well. Enjoy every moment with your son!
SWEET!!! So exciting to see you meet Harrison. He is soooo cute. :)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! He is SO handsome! I am so excited for you!
WOW! Congrats my friends on the "gotcha" of Harrison. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness and his love for us. Can't wait to meet Harrison when you return.
Seeing all these pictures just brought tears of joy to my eyes! I am just so so so happy for you. Harrison is blessed with such a wonderful mommy and daddy. What a blessing this journey has been and now what a praise that you have your son in your arms!!!
Congratulations on a wonderful Gotcha day! Harrison is gorgeous, just gorgeous!
Praise the Lord for such a perfect blessing and now being 1 as a family finally :)
Wow!!! what a head of hair!!! On Harrison that is! He is the cutest thing!! I know your hearts are full!
AMEN! YAY!! CONGRATS!!!! I wish i had the words to express how over joyed I am that your family is FINALLY together! God is so wonderful!! I absolutely adore the picture you have of Harrison and Brandon sleeping together - too precious!!! Cannot wait for more and thank you so much for sharing your journey!!!!
I am sobbing....Congrats and give Harrison lot of hug and kisses from his cousin!
Congrats!! I am so happy for you. Harrison looks great in your loving arms. He is a cutie pie!
I'm so happy for you guys! Harrison is just adorable.
Congratulations! He is adorable! Glad things have gone well and I pray that it will continue that way!
Congratulations! So amazing to finally see YOUR baby in YOUR arms! He looks amazing and what a doll! Hope the rest of the journey is as magical as it started...we'll be watching :)
HE'S SO ADORABLE!!!!! Praise the Lord for such a beautiful family! He is just too cute for words!
Wow... I've been reading your blog for weeks waiting to see when your sweet boy would come home. We are adopting through the foster care system but would love to adopt internationally someday. I sat here and just cried when I saw Harrison's face. He is gorgeous and you look so happy! Congratulations! What an awesome gift from God. :)
I have read your blog for a while, but haven't commented in a while. I just had to today! I sobbed happy tears reading this post. I don't even know you but I can't be happier for you. Harrison is so lucky to have you as his mother. Good luck with everything and being a mother is the best thing in the world, but you already know that!
I just keep looking at the pictures over and over again with tears going down my face!! I am so happy for you and so happy for Harrison. Thanking God for bringing you 3 together!!!!!! Precious precious precious. Enjoy every minute with Harrison in his homeland--it will go by fast and become a distant memory! Sooooooo excited for you!!! Congratulations, Harrison's Mommy and Daddy!!
Congratulations!! Harrison is as precious as can be! Love all the pictures!
Aw he is 2 cute apes! i cant wait 2 meet him. Mya is missin u terribly but i am tryin 2 keep her happy =] cant wait 2 c u guys. give my new nephew a big hug and smooch 4 me!!!!
love, Bree
I am in tears reading/seeing this post. God bless your precious family. The best is yet to come.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy to see Harrison in your arms!! It was great to see his sweet face again! I have missed him and wondered how he looked now!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy every second!!!!!
Much love,
Tonya & Janie
he is precious! To God be the glory!
Oh, April!! Congratulations!! He is just precious!! I have been sick and just got to catch up! What a blessing!! Kris
I am so excited for you guys! You are going to be laughing hysterically all the time now at every thing he does. Those vibrating teethers are the BEST. Every baby needs one. Brady did the rocking and standing on his head thing, too. Harrison will be crawling before you know it. Enjoy every second with that sweet boy!!!
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