Family Day At The Zoo

This past weekend we spent the day at the local zoo as our agency had a family day. We got to meet up with other families who have adopted kids from everywhere and see all the animals. Jae-min enjoyed seeing the zoo perched on Daddy's back in his carrier!!! Despite the heat, it was a fun day.

Mini Me and Mama's Boy

Well, the first picture speaks for itself. It's uncanny when you dress the two of them up alike just how similar they look!!!!!!!!!!! Haha
Jae-min has gotten so interactive lately its amazing. He makes great eye contact and oohs at me and when I "talk" back he giggles. He's still loving his books and gets excited when I bring out his favorites.
He's working hard on his motor still and can now rotate from sit into hands and knees. Then he crawls backwards which makes for a very frustrated baby as his toys keep getting further and further away. It's a totally normal part of development and I continue to work tirelessly with him throughout the day to get it!!!! It's coming. He now rotates to me and tries to climb onto my lap......very cute. He's still a bit of a cling on and his favorite place is to be in our arms.
Barney is also a favorite and when I sing that annoying song he lights up and squels!!!!!!!!!!!! I've become a lover of the big purple dinosaur too!!! If it makes my boy happy, it makes this mamma happy.
We're looking forward to a warm and fun weekend!!

One Month Home.....

and Happy Easter!!!! Yesterday we celebrated Easter with little Jae-min. The bunny was very good to him and he enjoyed the day with family.
Yesterday also marked one month home from Korea. Jae-min wasn't feeling well this weekend with alittle cold and chest congestion so we had hoped to celebrate alittle more. Oh well, we'll have many more months to celebrate. Jae-min has changed so much in just a month its mind boggling. He's doing SO much more developmentally which makes all of our hard work worthwhile. He's also changing physically with more hair, two teeth, and some extra pounds!! He looks so different from when we met him in Korea.
All in all we had a great one month anniversary. Happy easter to everyone and here's hoping little Jae-min feels better soon.

We Met The Easter Bunny!!!!

This past weekend we took Jae-min to meet the Easter Bunny and it was a success!!!! He did well and was so cute looking up at this BIG rabbit, then looking to us for approval. We snapped some pictures and the meeting was done. Whala first encounter with the big bunny, check. Now we can't wait for his first encounter with the big man in red!!!
We also went to church for the first time this weekend and the priest was thrilled to see us. He gave Jae-min alittle blessing and then welcomed him in front of the congregation at the end of the service. It was an awesome moment, as everyone started clapping and congratulating us. We felt so supported and Jae-min did awesome, cooing and smiling at everyone. He was definately a hit!!!
We're still working on sleep as this omma and appa are in a fog most days still. Some day we'll get it, someday. Keep us in your thoughts at 11,1,2.3.4 am that we make it to the sun comes up. He's just fussing and we think he has gas. We contacted the doctor and they think we're doing everything right, so all we need is time. We have plenty of that, don't we?
So, church check, Easter bunny, check Sleep not so much!!!! Maybe that big bunny can bring Jae-min sweet dreams for Easter.

We Graduated!!!!

Last night we attended our last waiting family meeting as a family of THREE!!! It's a tradition when you come home to attend your last meeting as a family and we had a great time. Everyone was so excited to see us and there was alot of great news all around. The mood of the meeting was so uplifting and it was just what I needed as I've begun to go a little stir crazy staying close to home. We also got to meet up with our friends who traveled the week before us to bring their daughter home and we got to see their sweet little Allie. Jae-min and Allie loved each other and it was so adorable to watch them together. It was almost like they knew each other in Korea. She and I have been talking almost daily and offering each other support so it was fun to share this with them. Another family bought a cake to welcome home Allie and Jae-min. All in all it was an awesome night!!!

We're going to miss these "friends"and wish we could continue to share in their exciting news. We have many of their emails though, so hope to keep in touch. The facilitator hugged us and told us she'd see us soon for baby number two.........we'll see about that!!!!