Martin's Little Dragon's: April 2010

4/27/10

A Week Of Family Fun

Last week Joe had school vacation so we got to spend some family time together. We had a ball and a great week!!! We did lots of fun things....
Playing at the playground

Going to the zoo

Playing with playdough

Spending time outdoors

And visiting a Korean marketplace as well as a Korean supermarket. On Sunday we had planned to attend our agencies family day at the zoo, but due to the weather it was cancelled. We took advantage of the day anyway and went to a Children's museum where Jae-min had so much fun.

Great times with my two guys!!!! Yahoo for vacation weeks.

4/24/10

Oh My.....

what big shoes you have!!!!!!

4/15/10

Truth Be Told.....

Many of you are aware of the story of an adoption from Russia that ended horribly, with the mother sending the little boy back to his birth country alone. This story breaks our hearts as an adoptive family. We won't go into our feelings here, but we will share some heartbreaking news for families who planned to follow her and adopt their children from Russia. Today the Russian government decided to halt all adoptions to the US until further notice. This means that families with referrals will not be able to bring their children home, and all those waiting for referrals will be left in limbo. When we attended our waiting family group we had met many families in the Russia program. Today we think of them and hope that one family in particular were able to get their little boy home before this happened. International adoption is such a gamble, and this proves it.

Our agency asked that today we talk of the success stories with adoption and show the Russian government just how successful this journey can be. Well, we have an amazing success story. We have a beautiful son and a happy family!!!! But truth be told, the beginning was really really rough. We received support from each other and others and our agency was also very supportive. We think that adoption can be wonderful and overwhelming at the same time. We are thankful with how our journey has unfolded and our hearts break for this boy and his adoptive mother.
Please think of them today and all those that wish to go after them. We would hate for this misfortune to ruin things for other families.
We feel that when you have a face like that peeking at you, anything is possible!!!!!!!

4/12/10

Lawnmower!!!! And 13 months home!!!!

For Easter my parents gave Jae-min a bubble mower. Now, we thought that he would like it, but we didn't know it would become a slight obsession. When he wakes in the morning he says "lawnmower", when he walks by the garage he says "lawnmower", and even if we're in the car he says "lawnmower" from the back seat!!! He LOVES the thing. He pushes it around the yard and was beyond excited the day that daddy took out the big lawnmower. They were out there mowing the grass together.

Jae-min will share most of his toys, but not this one. His his, all his and he ain't sharin'.

Today marks 13 months home. 13 months!!!! Jae-min has begun talking so much this last month. He uses so many words and is beginning to put simple two words together. He's becoming a little stinker and testing the limits more often also. We're really sticking to our guns with this one and he is definately testing to see what he can get away with. You little stinker you!!!

This last month has also brought so many hugs with arms wrapped tightly around us initiated all the time by Jae-min. Nothing in the world compares to that.

Happy mowing and happy 13 months home!!

4/5/10

Thank You, Easter Bunny!!!!!

We had a fun weekend with family celebrating Easter. The bunny brought some great gifts, hid some eggs, and brought this little boy lots of smiles (and his momma and dadda too) Enjoy.....
A family photo....