Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday, we headed out to our little town's Pumpkin Patch and caught some cute pictures of the kids before we packed up and headed out of town on Sunday...the kids had a lot of fun and the weather was beautiful!










The kids are enjoying the DVD player in our new car and Zoey had to follow Braedan's lead and try out the headphones!

When Zoey met Henry...

This past Saturday we had so much fun when our friends Mary, James and their baby Henry came over for a big Korean dinner at our house. The kids had so much fun playing and it's so nice to talk to other people who have been through the process and understand all the adoption lingo! It's crazy how many families we've met throughout this process over the computer, but meeting in real life is even better! The support of these friendships is what makes this process so much better. Henry and Zoey's birthdays are just three days apart and Henry arrived home two months after Zoey. Aren't they just the cutest?!?!? We're hoping many more weekends together in the future!

Check out Mary's cute post about the weekend too (I copied her title!)at http://heartandseoul.blogspot.com and read the funny story about Danny's very proud moment of a dad to a little girl! Sorry Henry, better luck next time!!! :)

We have a date!

We received our court date today for finalization!! Woohoo! I can't believe it's finally here! Seon-Mi will officially be Zoey this November! Yay! We are very, very, excited!

Christmas (and my birthday!) came early this year!

In the form of one little Fedex box in my mail this week!

On the city tour in Korea, I was able to meet a great couple, Tim and Nicole, who were also picking up their beautiful daughter, Hannah. http://milkpeople.blogspot.com After seeing my whiny post about not speaking Korean and wanting to get R@setta Stone for Christmas/my birthday, she sent me an email with a wonderful offer to use her R@setta Stone! I was so excited and thrilled and am now on Day 3 of using it and LOVE it!! The learning technique is so well thought out and it really works! I've been able to retain much more information than I thought I would! So I just had to give them a little shout out and thank them for being so generous!! You guys are awesome!! (And they're the ones responsible for that cute little outfit you see Miss Zoey in below!)

I've been able to meet so many great people throughout this process and have greatly enjoyed sharing their journeys. I never knew anyone else that was adopted (besides my sister of course!) from Korea and did not have one single Korean friend growing up. So these relationships mean a lot to me and they are people that I hope our family and especially Zoey, will remain in contact with for the rest of our lives!

And check out the new items I listed in my Etsy shop! Thanks for all the support! Keep those orders comin'! http://zoeyndot.etsy.com

Oh, and last post placement visit is scheduled for October 26 and all the paperwork for finalization is to the lawyer!! Woohoo! Can you believe it's been almost six months?!?!?

A little playtime outside in this nice cool weather!

A little windy today, huh?
I am cute as a button!



Why does he make this face in every picture I take of him and why is he wearing this same shirt every time I take outdoor pictures?!?!?!

Giving Oliver his daily hug!

Climbing on things I shouldn't, my new favorite thing to do!

And only one little casualty playing outside today...that little red scrape on my chin. :( But it's nothing a little bite of chocolate cupcake won't fix!



AND FYI...THOSE PIGTAILS TOOK ME 20 MINTUES TO GET IN HER HAIR TODAY!!!!!!

And an update on the haircut...it's a no go! I have been mentioning to my husband maybe a little trim is needed, something for the past few weeks. I showed him all the NO! responses on the blog and on Facebook and he said, "Uh, no. We're not cutting her hair!" So I guess for now, we'll just keep lettin' it grow!!

Haircut or No Haircut?

This afternoon Braedan, Zoey and I were sitting on the couch. Braedan says, "Mommy, does Zoey have ears?" I giggled and said, "Um, yes." And proceeded to pull her hair out of the way to show him. "Wow! There they are! They're so tiny!"

I realized this was the first time he'd probably really seen her ears! Her hair is so long now and thick and everywhere! It's gorgeous and smells good all the time (expect for when she puked in it and I had to wash it four times!), but it is a pain to constanly pull it our of her face and make her sit still long enough to do it. She's famous for ripping out bows now and has even mastered pulling the rubber band out of her ponytail if she can reach it.

So what do you think? Haircut or no haircut?

I'm thinking if I at least trimmed around the bottom layer and maybe gave her bangs again? Then at least she wouldn't have to pull it back everyday.

Opinions please. :)

Just another reason we love our Beco carrier...

These pictures are from Saturday when our girl was still feeling a little under the weather and clingy. She loves to be outside and she was missing her Daddy. So we strapped her on his back and she enjoyed every single minute of mowing that lawn! We have not seen any fever since Saturday, and besides some fussiness and extra wake ups at night, she seemed to be feeling much, much better. Till this afternoon, when I went in to get her from her nap, she and her crib was covered in puke. Everywhere. The rest of the day today, she's been pretty fussy, but eating normally and no more throwing up. So I'm hoping it was just a reaction from her antibiotic as I gave it to her before her bottle and then she layed down. I have a call into the doctor and should find out what they think tomorrow. We're ready for her to be well again, poor thing! And hoping that brother stays healthy too!