Leaving for Haiti tomorrow!

We leave for Haiti tomorrow, for our second trip to visit our little boy Jameson. It's been about two and a half months since we left Haiti from our bonding trip. This time has been very difficult, but I'm so thankful that we are allowed back for visits as often as we like. This trip I was grateful to receive clothing donations from friends and co-workers. I have so many clothes, that I will have enough for our next trip in December. I have lots of onsies, shorts, pants, shirts, sun dresses, socks, and shoes! I'm so excited to be taking these items for the kids at MDA. This trip I plan on going to visit Papillon Enterprise and Apparent Project. Hope to find Christmas gifts for family and friends! Our file is currently in IBESR, still waiting to exit.

*Post edited to include a memorable moment during Christmas in Haiti.

Wednesday December 28, 2016 was our last day in Haiti after visiting during the Christmas break. Will, Jameson, and I were sitting out on the patio waiting to be taken to the airport for our trip back to the U.S. One of the creche staff came out and said she needed to take Jameson to the back. I handed Jameson to her then proceeded to follow her and asked her what was happening. She then said that Jameson's birth mother was there to visit him. Suddenly I felt a million butterflies swell up in my stomach along with a sense of excitement and sadness. I didn't know how to feel at that moment. I ran over to Will and told him that Jameson's mother was here and we should go back to meet her. We went back to the office and saw a young woman with another young female child with her. 

Since I am writing this post so late (3 years later/2020) I can not remember the exact conversation with his birth mother or everything that happened. If I recall, we introduced ourselves and asked her a couple of questions. This circumstance was so unexpected and fast I did not have time to prepare myself for that moment. I did confirm with her that she did know that Will and I were here visiting Jameson and that we were adopting him and we loved him very much. She said she did understand that and she loved him as well. We asked the creche worker to take a group picture of all of us and she agreed. For me this was a very pivotal moment in our entire adoption journey. It is very rare for birth parents and adoptive parents to be at the same place at the same time. So the fact that we were able to meet his birth mother and take pictures with her will be a memory that I will always cherish and I know Jameson will also. We do plan to take Jameson back to Haiti when he is a little older and hope to find and reunite with his mother and sister if we can find her. Haiti is such a complicated country, I just pray that one day we can make it happen. Below is the picture we took that day.