Payson is Officially a Barrett

Hey! Sorry there has been a break in the blog posts. We had some internet diffculties, but we are in Yerevan now and have many more Wifi spots to connect to get internet. Well, it has been an exciting couple days. We spent Wednesday and Thursday just killing time in Gyumri. We couldn't go to see Payson from Wednesday morning until we picked her up on Friday. Friday slowly, but finally came. We were excited and anxious all at once. The same feeling we got before we went in to have Caleb. You are so excited that this long awaited gift is finally coming, but nervous about being the parent and family they need. God answered every prayer and concern with Payson. She has meshed right into our family. God truly chose her to be our child way before he told us that we were suppose to adopt.

Friday we had to go to the court and to the municipality to sign important documents and around 4:30pm Armenian time, Payson offically became Payson Elen Barrett. We then went to the orphanage to get her. I must say that the farewell that the staff gave was disappointing. They just handed her to us and turned around. I guess they can't get too attached to these children. Their job is to feed, bathe, and keep them healthy which they did for Payson until we could get her to us and for that we are forever thankful!

She did great last night. She ate two jars of baby food then slept all night and woke up at 7:30 this morning. We had to learn how to feed her because of the cleft palate. The orphanage would not show us how they fed her so it was trial and error the first time, but we figured it out and she devoured her food.

Caleb has been doing remarkable with her. Once again another answered prayer. He even, on his own, gave Payson his favorite Thomas the Engine train to play with. That is a huge thing for those of you who don't know Caleb's love for his trains :)

This morning we are at Square One in Yerevan. It is a western style resturaunt that serves PANCAKES! Calebs favorite breakfast food. He is in heaven right now! :)

Some more great news... our attorney called us this morning and said since Monday was a government holiday, the government buildings are open today so we are going this afternoon to apply for Payson's passport. The next step in the process. That puts us a little ahead of schedule right now. If things stay ahead we can possibly leave before Sept 3rd. While we love Armenia and the people, we are ready to get our new family home and introduce Payson to everyone. We miss everyone. Lots of love from Armenia!!

Jenn

Here are some new pictures of our new family of 4.