I Love…
my son.
Yes, you’ve read that correctly! The reason I’ve been so absent here on Shantiwallah is that I have been away in Thailand collecting my 20 month old son.
It hasn’t been easy as we don’t have a very good system for adoption here in New Zealand. We tried to start the process back in 2007 when we were still in Japan but the NZ government won’t work with citizens abroad, so we came back. From January 2008 we have been working with the authorities to get a mound of paperwork the size of Mount Taranaki completed and verified by all the right people. It was finallly sent off to Thailand last year where things were set in motion for us to go and collect our wee lad. We left Auckland for Bangkok on the 10th of July and visited the orphanage, coming away with a special little package, on the 14th and have been getting to know Mr. Poom* ever since.
It’s been a long journey with lots of bumps, but we are so happy to have him home in New Zealand, even if he does resent the New Zealand cold as much as I do!
*Not his real name as we are not allowed to identify him on the internet. We only have guardianship for now until the adoption process is complete sometime next year.
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Happy Happy, Joy Joy!!! Lots of love to you both and your little boy (hey I just came up with that all on my own HA!
Love to you all, so happy for you!
Oh my gosh, how wonderful!!! Congratulations!
Congratulations! How wonderful!
I love…
this post!
How absolutely amazing. Congratulations.
What a great last post to read before I head to sleep for the night.
Oh, Cindy – congratulations. It is something that is not going to come into my life, and I am very envious of you, but I also send you and Phil all the love and joy in the world. So exciting!
By the way, that last comment was by Sue S – I can’t remember if I’ve ever used that blog when commenting.
Fantastic news, congratulations! Happy to hear you’re back home with the little wonder. Adoption is such a fantastic way to have children – if I were younger I think I might adopt again and again…
Congratulations, Marie! I wish you all lots of joy and happiness.
Would you believe I was thinking about you yesterday?? And I read this great news this morning!
Felicidades!
Thank you all for your kind comments! I’d love to send you all more personal replies but nap times (ie. Mummy time) are short as we all settle in to our new routine. Love from New Zealand to you anyway!
Hi Marie!
Welcome to motherhood!
Mr. Poom is a lucky little boy!
Sincerely,
Laura
Hoooray!!! Congrats to you both, so happy for you! <3
Holy smokes, Congratulations! That is one lucky little guy, too.
Thank you! Thank you!
Such wonderful news! Its amasing! congratulations to you both!
Much love
Carola
Thank you, Carola. Hope you are going well over there:)
Wow! That is such coooool news! Smiles all around to you and your family
Oh Mel! Now you know why I’ve been so random about not meeting up, etc. Everything has been full tilt since we found out. Hope you are going well and enjoying Auckland:)
And I can most certainly see why too!
No problems @ all Marie. Hope to meet you and your little one at some stage once you have all settled down 
<3 so excited to meet him someday.
I can’t wait for you, and all the family, to meet him either:)
So thrilled for all of you; do you think Mr. P will like watching sports on the telly? Grandpa would be so happy…..:-)!
No doubt Phil will have him trained up in no time!
Congratulations Marie! What great news, I’m sure you will have a wonderful time with Neung Poom
Thanks Niamh! I thought of you when we were in Bangkok as we stayed in Lumpini near the Muay Thai Stadium:)
Wow this is fantastic! Love to hear this delightful news. What a process that must’ve been. My two older sisters were adopted from Vietnam during the Vietnam war and I know that was quite a difficult process as well, but I am soooo glad that I they were there to help me out when I was growing up. Congratulations.
Thank you, Hella D! It’s amazing how many people we meet now whose lives have been touched by adoption. That must’ve been quite an adventure for your parents during the Vietnam War time. I would be interested to hear if your sisters or your parents have been back to the country for a visit. We used to live in Saigon in 2004-05. It’s such a lovely country and culture.