I’m still not completely sold on calling it “Gotcha Day” but I havent been able to come up with anything better, so thats what it is.
Our Gotcha Day was nothing like I envisioned, but great nonetheless. It happened super fast, it seemed. I felt like there should have been more emotion, more epicness, but it was just a normal meeting, which seems kind of weird since we left it with a baby.
When we arrived, as we were walking into the building, a slew (like 15 or so) young pregnant women were also entering the building. This building houses single pregnant women who plan to give their babies up for adoption. It was weird to see them all, and all I could do was hope that we somehow reassured them in their decisions.
We entered the building and Kunyoung was sitting on his foster mother’s lap finishing a bottle. The pregnant women cooed over him. He smiled and turned on the charm. Then we went upstairs to our meeting place and left Kunyoung and his foster parents to one last moment together.
Our social worker gave us a bag full of stuff. Important documents (including our cutie’s passport!), formula, diapers, clothes, and lots of gifts. A Korean flag and two cassette tapes of Korean kids songs. A necklace with the Korean flag on one side and his Korean name and birthdate engraved on the other. A lovely treasure box and a book with facts on Korea. We gave the foster family the presents we brought for them and then we took a couple of pictures. Then it was “time to say goodbye” and we got out the baby carrier and strapped him to me. He didnt have a problem with it. Mrs Shin said her last goodbye and they sent us off. The end.
He fell asleep right away, which was the best feeling ever for me.
Since then, we’ve just been haning out. Sleeping, playing, eating. It is so wonderful to get to know him. He’s so smiley and happy and I love the sounds he makes. And he’s mine forever.