Their wonderful present

AUBURN - He wore a tiny sweater with a U.S. flag stitched on it. And the mere sight of him brought a huge cheer from the throng awaiting his arrival at Hancock Airport in Syracuse.

Christian Luis Barker, age 6 months, had arrived to spend his life, and his first Christmas, in the United States under the roof offered by his new parents in Auburn.

This will be our best Christmas ever, said the proud mother, Jennifer Barker, after bringing the baby home to Densmore Avenue after a six-month wait, a five-day trip to Guatemala City and an exhausting flight, just in time for the holidays. Christian is our biggest blessing. We're grateful he is ours.We feel so fortunate that he is here at all.