Medium With A Pinch Of Fast

Tonight at dinner, Olivia was telling me about her ice skating skills.  She has gone skating with Brian a few times this winter and not only can she skate by herself without assistance, she can also turn and skate off the rink.  Not slow, either.  Nope, in her words, she skates "medium with a pinch of fast".  Very impressive.  I thought that description also fits Joe's recovery from his surgery.


Today was a great day for him.  We had to wake him up to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house as Brian and I needed to get fingerprinted (for the third time) as part of the process to finalize Joe Sung Min's adoption.  He was in great spirits and was playing with and looking at his toys as if experiencing them for the first time.  We are already seeing a difference in his eye alignment, his vision is definitely improving and he is standing (without holding on to anything) for longer periods of time.  We're pretty sure his stint as a professional crawler will be ending soon and he will be walking around "medium with a pinch of fast."


It was a beautiful day so while Joe was napping, Liv and I spent time outside with the rabbits and then with the chickens.  She is definitely an animal lover and is thinking about being an animal doctor - and a people doctor.  At any rate, she loves the animals and they love her.  Even the chickens follow her around and let them pet her!

Brian is expanding his Korean cooking skills and made hoddeok for lunch.  They were so delectable!  I could really get used to eating all this great food.  Liv enjoyed helping her papa and said they were the best.pancakes.ever.  Even better than johnnycakes.

After we ate, we played and played.  Of course, as soon as I pulled out the camera, he stopped what he was doing and speed crawled right up on me ... that's ok though, it gives you an extreme close up of his cuteness.  We had another great day today and can't help but think how blessed we are that Joe is part of our family.  We are so thankful that he was matched with us.  We can't imagine life without him and thank God for our little man.