The Day we finally met Manny

The Director from the Orphanage ( RSCC) came tp pick us up at the hotel at 9:00am. We were expecting her at 8:00am, so we were getting worried. We drove in the RSCC van to the or phange which was 40 minutes away.Once we got there she showed us around and little Manny was being changed. They said they had shown him the pictures of us at that he was excited, until he saw us. I think then he understood what mommoy & daddy meant, they would be taking him away. He did not want to come to us. They prepared a presenatation and little departing party for Manny. Each caketaker spoke about Manny ( Emmanuel). The Social worker who handled his case, who chose us to be his parents( TinTin). The nurse and the mother caretaker. We gave candy to Manny that we had stopped to buy on the way to the orpahnge. We bought lots for the other kids also. The director said Emmanuel would like candy. He suirmed when we tried to hold him but everyone at the centre tried to cox him to stay with us. We had lunch with everyone, the ther chikdren and the staff. I gave them the toys I had bougt for the children. They had us read an adoption poem with Emmnauel's picture which was very emotional. We stayed for about an hour, we signed the final documents and the van along with nurse escorted us all back to the hotel. Needless to say he cried when went to the van. There were no long goodbyes they whisked us quickly away to the van.He cried at first in the van. He wanted to stay in sean's arms not mine. He just stared out the window of the van the whole time. We stopped in Legazpi to take a picture of the hospital he was born in.

Legazpi Hospital where Manny was born

In the hotel room he was very quiet and sad, he played with some of his toys but he was not that interested. I haven't gotten him to smile yet. It will take time.