Turkka and Seija-Maria have adopted from us before. Andonika Amorfi left the little children's home in 2002. She is four-and-a-half now, and speaks beautiful Finish. Today they all arrived to pick up Alvin.

Seija-Maria told us that Andonika woke up during the flight over and said, 'Mommy, when I was in my beginning-mommy's tummy, you didn't even know about me. And you were crying because you didn't have a baby. Then you cried because of joy. And now you're crying because we're going back to the Philippines.'

This is a lot for a 4-year-old to process, so she went right back to sleep after offering her pronouncement.

For not having a language in common, Aubrey and Andonika were instantly thick as thieves. Aubrey said on the way up to dinner, 'Mom, we're already friends. Well, part-friends.'

Seija-Maria told us that she asked a friend of hers who has adopted a child from each: Indonesia, China and now the Philippines, 'What's the important thing to do for your first-adopted children when you adopt another?'

And her friend told her it's important to have your first-adopted feed the new child. Not just help mom and dad, but actually be the one. So, Andonika's been practicing with her dolls, and is very accomplished. She is very proud of her little brother and I don't think they're going to have jealousy issues at all.

Not to be outdone, here's grandpa Dennis showing off his stuff.

We took them over to Shiphrah Paanakan (Exodus 1 Birthing Home), right next to the baby home, where Alvin was born. And this is a picture with Grace, the midwife who delivered him.