Whatcha Sayin'??

Jae-min is talking tons. I mean tons. So much so that I find myself asking him to zip his lips sometimes throughout the day!!! His new favorite thing is to repeat things over and over. I mean the same word over and over again. Like: Mommy, mommy, mommy, mamma, mamma and then will finally give a sneaky smile and just say "hi". He's putting words together more also which is super. He's also using lots of multisyllable words. It's so funny to hear him use these words because on the first syllable he uses his usual voice, and on the remaining syllables he gets this really deep voice which is too funny. I love being able to have lots of conversations with him throughout the day. It's so fun to hear him answering questions and starting conversations. I especially love to hear it, because when I used to work with EI I worked with so many kids with speech delays and now its fun that my little man talks non stop.

Here are some of my favorite Jae-min words:

beep=jeep

moo me=excuse me

mommy bum=mommy come or mommy drum

chit ho=chipmunk hole

juu ba=juice box

good mornin'And the favorite one of all...

Jae-min, do you want a sister or brother to come home from Korea?

"Sista"

Oh boy, we'll see!!!!!

Buckle Up......

And "enjoy" the ride AGAIN!!!!!
Surprise.....we're officially waiting for a little brother/sister for Jae-min!!!!! This is how the story goes....
In Feb 2010 our agency contacted us and informed us that their Korea program was reopened and was accepting just 60 families to join the waitlist before the program went on hold again. I think it took Joe and I about 20 minutes of discussion before filling out the initial paperwork and mailing it in.
On March 11th (ironically 1 year since we had become a family of 3) our social worker came by to do the updated home visit.
We then worked on our dossier and mailed that in to our agency, along with our I6ooA. They mailed the I600A to the government and we just waited to be fingerprinted.
On June 2nd we had our fingerprint appt. Shortly after this appt we were notified that mine needed to be redone (those darn teeny tiny fingers) We went in again on June 21 and waited and waited.
On July 12 we were notified by our govenment that our fingerprints were approved and on July 13 we were notified by our agency that we were officially placed on the waiting list on that day (coincidentally my birthday!!!)
So.....that's our jouney so far.


If you had told me this time last year that I would want to do this all again, I would have told you no way, absolutely not!!! That was when all the pain and stress was still so fresh. Joe and I were struggling with this little guy we didn't know and trying so hard to do a good job. I would have told you you were crazy.
In the fall things got alot easier and we began talking about doing it all again. At that time our agency had the program on hold so it was just a fantasy anyway.
But...in the winter we began to really talk about adding a brother/sister to the family and were beginning to get that "itch" again. So, when that phone call came in, it was a no brainer. We were 100% ready to begin again!!!
I just can't believe we're waiting again. I find myself beginning to daydream of all the new possibilities that are to come. I find myself daydreaming of our return trip to Korea and of our new little one to join our family.
How long will we wait? Will it be a boy or girl? Will they look like Jae-min at all? How will Jae-min handle this change? How will we? These are just some things that have begun to cloud my brain. Oh, but we have lots of time to wait. And we all know that we're really good at that !!!!!

Psst....It's Me, Martin!!!!

It's about time that I weighed in on this blog and gave my side of the story and what better time to do it than summer when everyone else is having so much fun!!!
So yeah, I was the first "baby". You know, I got ALL of the attention, the hugs, snuggles, and goodies. Now that my little brother Jae-min has joined the family things have changed. The house is always busy, mommy has someone else to snuggle with (although she does still include me) and talk about the goodies. Well, now there are just a different kind.....people kind!!!!
They dress me up in silly hats and make me join the partyThey have parades down the hall and make me carry the stuffed monkey around my neck.But....it's really ok because I get to sit under the table and watch this little creature eat and he's still learning so boy oh boy do I get alot of goodies!!! I won't complain!!

Why is it though that everyone shouts and cheers when Jae-min does potty in his little potty chair, but no one cheers for me when I go in the backyard? I'm just sayin".

So.....my world changed dramatically almost 16 months ago but don't tell anyone....I'm loving it!!! I love this little boy and mommy's right, we are best friends. I wouldn't let anything happen to him and would let him pull my ears, chase me with his cars, and try to ride me like a horse anytime if he lets me kiss his cheeks and get those toes!!!

Oh gosh I'm so glad this little guy joined our family. And if you look real close you can see in the envelope that Jae-min is holding their may be a little secret ready to unfold soon.

Oy, I think my life is about to change again!!!!