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Monday, August 3, 2009

Our Meeting with Briana

Well we had our first visit and it went pretty well. She started off crying but after a little bit she sat on a table close to us and let us play with her.

Daniel started taking pictures and she loved looking at herself. I eventually was able to hold her. I got in lots of squeezes and kisses. She is absolutely adorable.

The Foster Mother said that Briana (Sa-Rang) has been doing very well around people at her church, and playing with the other children well. That's such a relief, because in all of the reports, we've been told she is very skittish of strangers.

The Foster Mother and Fatherwas with her. The Foster Mother said she has been showing Briana our pics and she say omma(mommy) appa(daddy). Soooo cute!!! She also saw pictures of the boys and has been calling them "big brother", in Korea.

We are going to have another visit with her on Wednesday and then we will get her for good on Thursday.

We found out she prefers fruits and veggies over sweet stuff, much like our boys. I took her some gerber graduates fruit snacks and they made her shiver. I'll try something different Wednesday. The foster mother is going to make her some porridge to send with us on Thursday. Porridge is like soupy over cooked rice. They said she loves it.

We also found out that the little silky we sent her, scares her. We're going to have to talk to Benjamin and Jacob about trying to scare her, like they do each other.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Melissa

Waiting on Briana


Mommy's first kiss

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Checking out her Daddy

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Got our TRAVEL CALL!!!

We got our travel call this morning!!! Unfortunately, booking "last minute" flights to/from Korea is not easy...seems as nearly all of them returning are completely sold out...our outrageously expensive.

However, we did get a flight booked. We'll be heading out Saturday night and arriving in Korea Monday morning (local time). And our planned 7 days "in country" is now down to 5, as we'll be coming back on Friday....and we have an 8 HOUR layover at LAX. Oh well, at least we'll have our girl!

We also recieved a couple of new pictures this morning.

Isn't she CUTE?!?!





Monday, July 20, 2009

Adoption UPDATE!

We got a call Friday stating that only one form was left to "process" before our baby girl was ready for us to travel to South Korea and pick her up. That "process" should take approximately 2 weeks to complete.

SO, with that said...we're expecting to be traveling on or around the 31st of July! Which is GREAT because that's also our 10 year anniversary!

Daniel is in the process of getting stuff set up to update this blog (as well as Twitter/Facebook) from the road, so to speak.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

New Medical Update !!

We got a new Medical Update. She is 10. mo old and developmentally on target. She is doing great!! She is walking/standing holding on to something. She is playing pat a cake. She has 4 upper and 2 lower teeth. It's good to see her doing so well but it makes us want her home so we can capture these milestones.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Emmigration Permit Approved !!

We got notification that Briana's EP (Emmigration Permit) was approved on 06/26/09.
Now all we are waiting on is her Visa to be issued. We are hoping to travel in 3-4 weeks but it could take longer.

Friday, June 12, 2009

New Picture!!! 6-11-09

We received a new picture of Briana today. She's SOOO CUTE!! I want to go get her NOW!!