strawberries!!

It seems summer has finally arrived, the strawberries are ready for picking!! Last weekend we ventured out to Lone Pine Farms to partake in their beautiful u-pick strawberry patch. The weather was perfect, at about 72 and sunny... but for some reason, we had nearly the whole patch to ourselves! No joke, there were about 2 other families in the whole place. Crazy! Our little Kai did much better than I could have ever expected! He stayed right by us the whole time (well, minus one episode of running down the row, but he came right back when asked to), and just played in the dirt and sat in the bushes! One neat thing about Lone Pine is they allow kids to eat all they want for free (like you could stop them anyways), so we didn't have to feel guilty about letting Kai nibble on the berries as we picked. Here are a few pics!

Just the way little boys should be...DIRTY!!

My boys 

almost there

Today we had our final post-placement visit with our social worker! It was, as always, a delight to visit with her and have Kai entertain her with his latest antics. Some of you may be surprised to learn that we are still in the adoption process. Korea's guidelines state that the child must be in your home for 6 months before finalizing the adoption. (OK--I know what you're thinking, and yes, it's really been 6 months!!) So today was our final visit, now she will write her final report and submit it to Holt. Holt will then issue a "consent to adopt" (basically saying we're good enough parents for the child they have entrusted to us), which will be sent to our lawyer. He will then draw up the final documents, and we will sign to finalize the adoption. Seems like after over 2 years in process, mountains of paperwork, and endless emotional roller coasters there should be a little more fanfare, but, hey, it is what it is!

Needless to say, we are getting a little anxious now that the end is in sight. We just feel so blessed to have been chosen as parents for our sweet little boy, and we can't wait until he is 100% legally and forever our son!!

Father's Day Fun!!

We had a fun time last weekend to celebrate Father's Day. We were able to spend time with both our families, and Kai got to see both his Grandpa's and his Great Grandpa! On Saturday, we went to a BBQ at Gr.& Gr. C's house, where we celebrated Father's Day and Grandma Anne's 96th birthday!  It was a fun time, and Kai had a blast playing with his cousins. I think he's finally starting to feel at ease with the whole group, and by the end of the evening was letting his goofy side out. It's so fun to watch him with his cousins, when they're (older ones) all being loud and talking, he starts yelling, just to be sure he's not forgotten in the crowd of big kids! On Sunday, we had a nice brunch with Gr.&Gr. M, and Aunt Beth. Then, we hung out at their house for a while (until nap time), and drove home while Kai napped. When we got home, it was early enough (and warm enough) that we could take a dip in the pool! It was a fun, busy weekend.

Here are a few pictures from our time with family.

Bea and Kai...he was a little less than enthused to be "posing" for photos!

Ryan and Kai. I thought this was so cute, just wish Ry had his eyes open.

Playing Whac-a-mole, one of their favorite games at Grandma & Grandpa's!

Bubble fun with Peter

And adorable little Hayleigh (with her adorable crazy hair)!

Who doesn't love a Frosty??

A Good Treat for a Good Cause

This weekend, you can help support Foster Care Adoption just by buying a Frosty! Participating Wendy's will donate 50 cents from every Frosty purchased on June 14 and 15 to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Their goal is to raise $1.3 million to support the Foundation and Wendy's Wonderful Kids, which funds full-time adoption recruiters to match parents with waiting children.

Since 2004, Wendy's Wonderful Kids has helped 3,500 children in Foster Care, and more than 500 of those children now have finalized adoptions.

So share a delicious treat with your family, and help children in the U.S. Foster Care system find their own forever families!

Yum, yum!!

Spring photos!

Click here if you want to see the video montage that Joe created of our Spring with our sweet little guy!

molar sighting

After over 3 months of drooling, drippy nose, gnawing, and a sometimes cranky baby...the molars have finally broken through! OK, well, maybe not totally, but there are definitely little patches of white that are coming out. Both of the upper eye teeth are also showing their peaks, so very soon, our little guy will have 4 new teeth! Not to mention the same bottom set of 4 that I know will not be far behind. It's gotta be painful, but he takes it like such a champ, and I know he's going to love having all those new chompers to eat everything!!

busy times

Well, we've been pretty busy again for the past week or so, and it doesn't look like things will quiet down for a while. It is almost summer, you know.

This past weekend, we enjoyed a nice visit from Grandma & Grandpa C. Well, it was nice for us because they watched Kai while Joe and I went out to a party on Saturday night! We had a great time, and they had a great time. On Sunday, we went to our favorite breakfast restaurant then visited Hendricks park to take in the beautiful rhodies in bloom. 

In our few moments of down time, Kai has been perfecting his dance moves. Bound and determined to catch it on video (cause, you know, the dancing only lasts for about 15 seconds at a time), Joe made it his mission to do this. He got some pretty good clips, but this is my favorite! I love the head banging that he's added to his routine (should we be worried?).