One Year Later...

It is hard to believe that one year ago I was in Korea, frantically making sure everything was packed, doing last minute shopping and trying to keep busy until it was time to catch the bus for the airport.  My travel companion Amy and I were trying to keep busy - and sane, while knowing in a few hours our kids would literally be handed over to us at the airport and we'd be with them for 24 hours on a plane. With 6 other little ones who had also been taken away from what they had come to know as their family.  Want to catch up? You can read about my experience my last day in Seoul and the journey home.

Flash forward a year. Joe Sung Min seems like he has always been a part of our lives, that he has always been with us.  And it amazing to think about all that has happened in the past year, how far he has progressed - and how he has brought so much joy to our lives.

Over the past year Joe Sung Min:

• Started walking (and hasn't stopped since): 

• Gradually overcame his grass aversion:

  

• Experienced some new holidays:

 

• Went on his first vacation to NY, CT, NJ and PA, where he rode his first merry-go-round, experienced his first amusement park, went to the ocean and slept through his first (and second) concerts:

• And became infatuated with the alphabet and the "Itsy Bitsy Spider":

It has been an amazing journey so far and we look forward to seeing what happens next.  To our friends and family (and Omma and Appa) who have been with us from the start, thank you for your continued support and encouragement.  To those we've met along the way, we're glad you've joined us.

Almost.

It is hard to believe that Joe Sung Min is almost two years old.  He has almost been home with us for a year. We can almost see the dining room table. I am almost done working for the day. We are almost, but not quite ready to go ... anywhere.  The over riding theme in our house lately seems to be that we are never fully ready for anything.  What we've realizing, however, is life goes on whether or not we're prepared so we might as well get out there and enjoy it. 

(Almost) ready or not ... here we come.

Joe sleeping through the Movers concert at Sesame Place