Oh, This Is Too Much!!!!!

Oh, bestill my beating heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More pictures of sweet Jae-min arrived today. I can't stand it he is just soooooooooooo cute. And look at him, he's still wearing my hat!!!!! Oh, I can't wait to squeeze him and love him. This has been the best few days and I just can't believe it. How did we get so lucky? We've waited so long for this and those "in the know" always said that the heartbreak would melt away when you saw your sweet ones face and let me tell you it's totally melted. Every picture just solidifies that he is ours and we are his forever. No more tears of frustration, no more sleepless nights of worry. We have a peace in our hearts and someday soon we'll fly halfway around the world and become a family of three! How awesome is that?

In other news, we contacted the NVC today and they said we have been logged in and out of their system. In other words, our immigration stuff (I600) has been cabeled to South Korea!!!!!!!!!!!! Two more steps down. We think there are 3 more steps to be completed on the Korean side and then our phone will ring with TRAVEL CALL. This could still take some time, but wow, can you imagine, soon we'll get on a plane and our lives will never be the same again? It's all hitting me now. I know I keep saying its become so very real these last few days, but it really has. I have wanted to be a mom and see Joe as a dad for so long and its just inches away. Truly unbelievable!!!!

Our Heart's Have Fallen More In Love!!!!!

We arrived home tonight to the best picture ever!!! We have been wanting to see this image ever since the care package fiasco and have wondered frequently if Jae-min received it. Well, IT MADE IT and here he is:
I really didn't think he could get any cuter but again I was wrong. He is surrounded by all the stuff we sent him and look at that hat perched atop his cute little head. That's the hat I knitted myself and when I saw it on him I just bursted into tears!!! To think my hands made that and now its on his little head, well my heart just melted. Oh, this is too much. He's looking so healthy and strong, and chunky. We're still looking for his neck though Haha
This beautiful woman holding him so sweetly is his omma. Oh, she's gorgeous. Look at the love she has for him. You can just see it in her smile!! When I saw how she is looking at him I started to cry again. It's total proof that he's so well taken care of and loved. We are sooooooooooo grateful to this woman and now that we have a face to the word Omma it makes it ten times better. Thank you just doesn't seem enough.
We couldn't have asked for anything more today. To know his package made it there safely, to see him healthy, and to meet his omma is just more than we could wish for. This one little picture has made this very very real for me. I had dreamed of this picture and here it is!!! Jae-min, his omma, and this whole process really does exist, its not just a dream. WOW
I can't stop staring. We are truly lucky, blessed, and joyful that he was chosen as our son.
We love you sweet Jae-min!!!!!!!!

Happy Lunar New Year!!!

Tonight China and Korea are celebrating with their new years celebrations!!!! We hope Jae-min got to attend a party, maybe see some fireworks or a parade. Happy New Year buddy!!! We'll see you soon.

It's Snowing!!

IN KOREA!!!!! I was just reading on one of the forums that we belong to and a family is there picking up their daughter and they said Korea is covered in a blanket of fresh snow. How beautiful!!!!
I guess we're not that far away because our yard is covered in a blanket of snow too. Little things get me through the day :)

If I Could Make One Wish.....

....it would be to get on a jet plane and bring my baby home!!! I've been driving Joe crazy lately with random questions "Do you think Jae-min's omma is giving him tummy time?" "Do you think he has enough educational toys to play with?" "Do you think she sings to him?" His response has always been a very nice "I don't know", well until recently. Now he just says "why don't you call and ask?" Oh, believe me, if I could I would!! So I try to telepathically "talk" to his omma half a world away. I hope she can hear me. Please oh please be doing all the things I would be doing to help his development. And just love him to pieces until we can get there. Those are my wishes.
We got a well baby check today from January. He's still growing and now weighs 17 pounds and is about 24 inches tall. Still short and pudgy!!! He's starting to do more developmentally and is laughing, smiling more, and cooing. Oh, what a sweet sound that must be. He again appears on target for his adjusted age (had he been born on time). He's alittle behind in his gross motor (big muscles) skills and that's why I just need him home. It was a hard report for me to read today because I just want to hear that sweet laugh so bad, as well as just a hard day overall. Some days are better than others and this one had me missing him very much.
Please hurry home sweet Jae-min!!!!

We're getting closer!!!!

We got home tonight to find a great package in the mail. We got our I600 approval and legals!!!!! Yahooooooooooooo This is the immigration stuff that has to be done in the US which will allow Jae-min to come home. We are so thrilled to have two steps down. Oh, I have tears in my eyes. He really is going to come home, isn't he??? Please someone, pinch me!!!!
Now we wait for EP (we think) which is done in Korea. EP is the Korea equivalent to the I600 form which will allow Jae-min to leave the country when the time comes. Keep those positive thoughts going and send them all the way to Korea please :)
We love this little guy more and more every day. Two steps closer Jae-min, hang on a little longer, we're coming!!!!!

Happy 7 months Jae-min!!!

Oh, this is getting hard. Today Jae-min turned 7 months old. It's just a little reminder of how much he's growing and changing and we're missing it. We've been working hard on clearing out his room and tonight Joe put up a ceiling light for him. It looks great!!
We also got him an outfit and I made chocolate chip cookies to celebrate. We wish it could be different. We wish we had him in our arms tonight but we don't so we'll make the most of it. So we'll raise a cookie in honor of our sweet Jae-min!!! Oh, how badly do we want you home.
I'll leave you with a poem I found that I have on my nightstand and read before I fall asleep. Tonight is a great night to share it (and maybe you can say it too)

May you be safe while you are waiting

May you be safe and sleep soundly through the night
May you be safe as you wake in morning light
May you feel our love from so far away
May it comfort and protect you throughout the day

We will pray for you, our little one
Until our time of waiting is done
We will pray that the Lord will keep you safe from harm
Until the child of our hearts becomes the child in our arms.