It's been an amazing day. Solomon became "ours" forever today. and we became his. I feel like a much different person. I feel as if he is an embodiment of grace. I feel forgiven and blessed beyond anything i can imagine. sorry, i can't find the words to describe it. solomon is such a happy baby. there were hardly any tears today, at least on Solomon's part. when he fell asleep for his nap, ben and i both wept. i really can't tell you what a beautiful happiness we've shared today. solomon just smiled and played and laughed all day. he already looks at us with light in his eyes. we are already head over heals in love with him. we went swimming and he was so brave, reached for ben in the water twice and ben spun him around and he reached for me on the side. no tears. smiling and giggling and kicking the water with his feet. then we took a bath, which he was supposed to hate, but he was loving it, splashing the water and standing up and stomping the water and laughing his head off. he is a good eater and goes to bed with very few tears just a little rubbing on his back. he woke up twice from naps today to see our faces without crying. his smile and his laugh are, how do you say it, life-changing. i will write more tomorrow i hope. tomorrow at 8 am we gave our interview with the thai govt for "final approval." i'm sure it will be fine. also yesterday, monday, we visited the foster family. they are beautiful people who have loved Thanapat (Solomon) intensely and when we got there he lit up like a light bulb and ran to his foster sister (we hadn't seen him take a step yet at that point). she played can't catch me and he chased her and laughed. that was the first time we heard his belly laugh. we heard it alot today. wow. i'm posting one video of the foster family and one of today. love to all of you. thank you so much for all your encouragement. you were right, it's going to be allright, it's going to be absolutely amazing.