I'm back!

This is a picture of Jae from the fall. Notice the drool. My blog is back up and running. Once I get my Mac problems worked out, I'll be publishing regularly.

Coming through the haze

We are finally coming through the haze of jetlag and the shock of being a family of FIVE. It was a rough weekend, but we came out OK. I guess we'll just have to focus on getting ourselves on a schedule and in a routine over the next few months.

Tonight, Jae had solid food for the first time. He had a bowl of oatmeal, and you can look at the photo and bed the judge of how much he liked it. ;o)

We're home!!

Wow, does it feel good to be home. Someone (I think my friend Kym) once said, "no vacation feels as good as coming home does," and that is the truth. We travelled for 22 hours today, and finally got home at about 4:30 today. Thanks to my mother and my sister-in-law Debra, the girls are happy and healthy, and house looks fantastic. Without my mother and Debra, we would not have even been able to go and get Jae Joon Hwi.

Everyone was happy to meet Jae. I can't wait until you all meet him in person. Above is a picture I took right after we got home.

We're heading home!

It's 7:30 a.m. in Seoul on Wednedsay, which means it is 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Boston. From now until you hear from us we're traveling.

Jae is now officially ours. We received him at the office of the Social Welfare Society, and it was a very nice process. We met the head of the intercountry adoption department, and she introduced us to the President of SWS, who chatted for a bit, and gave us a beautiful present of a mother-of-pearl inlaid jewelry box.

Jae cried for more than an hour and was inconsable when we got him back to the hotel. He finally fell asleep, and is back awake in the Ergo baby carrier. Wish me luck, send prayers, pay-off soothsayers, knock wood, and do anything else you can do to get us a smooth flight.

We arrive in JFK at 10:40, but won't be back in Boston until after 1. (Please someone tell my mother that.)

We met Jae!

It's Tuesday morning in Seoul, and we are overjoyed to report that we finally met Jae Joon Hwi yesterday afternoon at his foster family's house. He is quite a beauty, and was very, very calm. His foster mom and foster dad said that he is usually afraid of strangers and cries when he sees them, but he smiled and laughed while we played with him.

He let us hold him for a while, and the foster mother even put him in a podegi on my back. I'm sorry I don't have a pic of that.

They also gave Jae a beautiful Hanbok.

We will receive him today at 1:30 p.m., which is 11:30 p.m. on Monday in Boston.

(Note to my brother: We met a former student of yours from B.U.! He was in your journalism class back in the 1980s.)