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If bringing a child into our family and dealing with the adjustment issues that go along with an international adoption from Korea were not enough, it’s time for both of us to resume our work on our dissertations on Tuesday (God willing!). As some of you may recall, we had just submitted a rough draft … Read more
Ethan’s big challenge right now is having to train two new, sometimes clueless, parents! 😆 Think about it, Ethan had invested six months (of his 8-month-old life) in training a foster mother (an experienced mother of three grown children) to read his signals and meet his needs. Now he has to start all over with … Read more
One of the things I was fascinated by while we were in Korea was the special mirrors that were on many of the vehicles, mirrors I’d never seen before (see photos below). And there’s a good reason for these mirrors — in the second largest metropolitan area in the world (with nearly 4 times as … Read more
We would appreciate your prayers for our family’s health, especially that Ethan doesn’t get what we had last night! Joleen and I had the flu last night. My case of it was pretty severe — it was the sickest I’ve ever been. I spent 6 straight hours in the bathroom. Thankfully, though, Ethan seems to … Read more
In our first few days with Ethan, we’ve talked openly about the struggle that taking Ethan from his foster family and bringing him into ours has been. However, we want to be clear: we were never concerned about the long term. We’ve always believed that Ethan will adjust, in time. While in Korea, our concerns … Read more
We did a couple things pretty regularly while we were in Korea: 1) check the blog for new comments, and 2) check our blog statistics. We enjoyed reading the comments; it gave us a real sense that we were not alone while we were in Korea. And judging by some of the comments we’ve received, … Read more
Here are a few things that may help you make the most of this blog … Comments You can read and/or write comments on any post we write on this blog. Simply click on the comments link at the bottom of each individual post. If there are no comments, it’ll say “0 Comments.” If there … Read more
We got up early on February 14, 2008 and left for the airport at 7:00 am (Korea Time). When we arrived at the airport in State College 22.5 hours later, it was still only 3:30 pm, February 14 (Eastern Time). It was the longest Valentine’s Day ever! Thanks to whoever posted the “welcome home” banner/balloons … Read more
We would certainly appreciate your prayers as we travel and bring Ethan home with us on Thursday. Here’s our schedule … We’ll check out at early in the morning (7:00 am here), 5:00 pm, Eastern Time. We have an hour bus ride to the airport where our plane is scheduled to leave at 11:05 am … Read more
It’s 8:20 pm here (Wednesday) and Ethan has been with us now for about 28 hours. There have been some glimmers of hope, but overall, it’s been a fairly rough ride so far! The night went pretty well. Ethan woke up around 3:00 am and we both got up to feed him. He was a … Read more