Our Little Angel Comes Home

As I mentioned, we finally got "the call" on Tuesday at about 1:30 and were on a plane for Ottawa at 3:00. We arrived in Ottawa around midnight and stayed overnight in a hotel. We took the shuttle to Hangar 11 at about noon.

Here is the inside of the hangar.


A paramedic bus pulled in and this is where, later on, we had to take Trey Amos for his medical exam. They had a pediatrician and some nurses checking out all the children as this is a necessary part of the adoption process before the child leaves Haiti.


We then were escorted by the CIC staff (wearing red shirts that said "Operation Stork") into a lounge in the hangar.


All the parents waited and waited in the lounge. You can see the big windows that we were all looking out of for the plane to arrive. It was awesome to meet all the other Canadian GLA parents...all of whom we had corresponded with via email or phone but many of whom we had not met in person before.



Finally the huge Air Transat plane arrived! Everyone was crowded around the window watching with anticipation!



And then the door opened and the children started coming out! They were bundled in blankets, carried by the escorts. There were 20 children from God's Littlest Angels on the flight (out of 52 children) and they were escorted by Dixie, Molly, Susan, Joyce, Brad, and Lois who all work at GLA. Everyone was cheering and crying when the children started coming down the stairs.

The children started coming though the doors...bundled in blankets so they were hard to recognize! Here you can see Dixie with the red hair.


Friend and fellow adoptive mom, Melanie, has baby Mikey and is talking to Dixie.


And then we saw Brad coming in carrying Trey Amos, bundled in a blanket and wearing an Air Transat cap.


We were so happy and thrilled to be reunited with our son! This time, forever! His eyes lit up when he saw us, and we believe he recognized us from our visit just a month ago in Haiti!




All the children were wearing bracelets for identification.


It took about six hours for us to get through Immigration and Medical. Once we did, we headed back to the airport and caught the first flight home! Trey Amos was pretty enthralled with the TV!


He played so nice the whole ride home (we even had to connect in Calgary) and finally fell asleep.


When we arrived at the Edmonton airport, Grandma V, Brady's basketball team and their parents and some friends were there to meet us! It was so good to be home!


We still keep saying to ourselves, "this is real...he's really here! To stay!" It's just so hard to believe! Trey Amos is doing well...it is a huge adjustment for him obviously. Even though he met us before, now he is missing everyone and everything else in his life he has ever known! So he is in our arms all day long...he does not want to be put down for a second. It will take some time for him to learn that he is safe here and that he is not going to have to go through another big traumatic move like that!

Anyways, we just thank everyone for their prayers, support, letter writing, baby clothes, EVERYTHING! We are so very blessed to have Trey Amos in our lives!