Our First Moments With Bowen

July 21, 2005 - 

"Hola Amigos, Here we are in rainy Guatemala

City.  Today we met our son Bowen! It was a

long anticipated meeting.  Not just the months

that we had to wait, but it was also a long day.

We were supposed to meet Bowen (with his

foster mother) at 8:00 am this morning.  It

wasn't until 2:00 pm that they finally showed up

(such is life in Guatemala).  The wait was worth

it!  He is beautiful and very happy.  Even with

all of the kids mauling him he is always good

natured...."

This was an e-mail sent home from us the first

day we met Bowen.  We were thrilled to finally

have him in our arms.  He was immediately

welcomed into our family and felt a part of us

from the first moments we were with him.

These are pictures of the very first moments

with him...as you can tell EVERYONE wanted

to get a piece of this boy!  He was so cute and

happy...

As we relished our first moments with Bowen,

we found out that he had actually been living in

Ronald Mayorg's home. (He is the attorney that 

went and got Bowen in Zacapa and had legal

custody of him until the adoption was final). Bo

was being taken care of by his nanny, sweet

Ophilia.  This is a picture of me with Ophilia. We

are so grateful for the love and care she gave

Bowen from the time he was just 3 days old.

She loved him very much!  I think it is so sweet

how he is looking at her.

This felt so good...