Korean video

Our good friend Jill gave us some clothes that Max has outgrown in case they would fit Henry -- of course we won't know until we get a referral what size Henry will be. Anyway, yesterday,Lydia very excitedly pulled each item out one by one and held it up for me to see. All the clothes were so cute and we had the best time. Lydia had a comment for each piece and was visibly excited at the thought of one day having Henry to dress up. We had the best time!

Our family also watched a video today from the library. It was about 2 children from South Korea and one of them was from Seoul. It followed each child for a day as he/she went through their daily activities. After watching for several minutes Trixie sat up straight and said, "When will Henry be on there?" She was quite disappointed that we weren't going to see him. Lydia watched the video silently, but her eyes were glued to the screen and she was taking it all in. When the video was over Lydia immediately shouted, "Let's watch it again!" It really was a good video.

Feeling antsy

This past weekend our family went to a fun and festive Chinese New Year party with other adoptive families. The girls had a great time. They did some crafts, but by far their favorite part was running around and yelling with all the other children. Brent and I enjoyed meeting new people and hearing about their adoption story. We got lots of advice and stories about where to stay, how to book travel plans, good sight seeing sites, etc. Today Lydia and Trixie and I went to the Biehl's house to play with Sophia, Julia, and Max. The girls just love going over there. Jill was so sweet to give me a bag of clothes that Max has outgrown. It is the very first "boy" item that we've got. Between hearing the stories on Saturday and getting the boy clothes -- that are absolutely adorable, by the way -- I'm very antsy and ready to go get Henry tomorrow! I'm certainly hoping for Henry to come sooner rather than later.

Let's get going

After a couple months of Thanksgiving, DisneyWorld, Christmas, and procrastinating I finally decided to get my blog up and running. I still have to figure out how to insert pictures and try to remember from a couple months ago everything Jill taught me about setting this blog up, but this is the beginning. May this new year also be the beginning of the year we get our Henry.