Woodson, now 19 months old, shown in an undated photo. (Courtesy of the MacRae family)A family from B.C.'s Lower Mainland is celebrating after bringing their adopted Haitian son home.

The MacRae family of Port Coquitlam brought 19-month-old Woodson home on Saturday afternoon.

Michelle MacRae said seeing him again for the first time since the earthquake was thrilling.

"It was amazing, completely surreal," she said. "He was so good, so good."

The MacRaes started the adoption process in 2007 and were matched with Woodson in February 2009. He was in a Haitian orphanage run by two directors from Pittsburgh, Pa., when the Jan. 12 quake hit.

The orphanage was destroyed, and last week all of the children living there were airlifted to Pennsylvania by the United States government. The kids were taken to Pittsburgh, and the MacRae family flew there to bring him home on Jan. 21.

Despite his age, MacRae said, Woodson seems to be affected by the devastation.

Michelle MacRae with her Haitian son Woodson, now 19 months old, shown in an undated photo. (Courtesy of the MacRae family)"He woke up last night having a nightmare. He was crying in his sleep and shaking," she said. "The whole ordeal, I think, is going to be taking its toll for the next little while."

She said that's complicated by the fact that the MacRaes have two older kids and a 13-week-old baby.

"Woodson, right now, he doesn't want to be put down, you know, because he wants to feel that safety and security, so we have to carry them both around at the same time," she said.

"One of us, my husband or I, always has to be where Woodson can see us — all the time. It's hard to even leave the room to put in a load of laundry because he thinks that we're leaving, so it's going to be quite an adjustment."

MacRae said while they have Woodson with them now, they still have to wait for his adoption to be finalized. She said all of the official paperwork was buried in the rubble in Haiti.