Korea Family Day!!!

On Saturday we attended our agencies Korea Family Day....a fun day full of presentations, fun activities, lots of chatting, and yummy Korean food. The entire group were families who have adopted from Korea. It was a bit of a surreal feeling to be among 200 families, all looking like your own. All with a similar story, all with a similar experience. They ALL went through what you went through. It was so nice to not have to explain the process, or your family, or how hard it is to wait and wait....each and every family just knew!!!!!!Jae-min had a blast with lots of Koran cuties, and we had a blast talking and meeting so many families, many of which we had met on line...it was fun to finally meet in person!!!
Jae-min loved the tae-kwon-do presentation, the korean drummers, and dancers. He was mesmerized. When all of a sudden he began rummaging in my bag and found the photo album with Jaelah's pictures. He opened it up and had her "watch" too!!! She was never far from our minds.....we were able to chat with our social worker and others who are helping us bring her home.

There were also 2 social workers from Holt and 2 foster mother's (omma's) that made the long journey from Korea. We honored them for their years of service and then they spoke through a translator. The omma's shared that each Monday the foster mom's and staff at Holt pray for the babies and their families waiting. I started to cry. Yup, big ole tears ran down my face. It's such a great comfort to know your baby is so loved and cared for. And it gives a small sense of peace to know that when she's not with you, she's loved beyond measure by these amazing people, many of who we'll never meet. But who love each and every baby who comes into Holt with such love and care. I am peaceful in the awesome Korean agency uniting us, in the awesome US agency who work tirelessly to unite us, and in our own hearts that these two children....born in Korea, were always destined to be ours!!!!

We had a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!