BIG news! :)

And I do mean BIG news!

In March we began the process of adopting a baby boy from South Korea. We have three, soon to be four, nephews from Korea and were excited about giving our son a "built in" network of Korean guys! At the time our paperwork made its way to Korea in June, we were told to expect a 4-6 month wait for referral. Being veterans of the long and winding road to China, we weren't quite ready to believe that a referral could come so fast...but they proved us wrong! Today, home with a sick Ned (more on that in a later post), I checked my phone at lunch time to see a missed call from our adoption agency. Trust me when I say that a missed call from an adoption agency is the source of immediate excitement/angst. So I tried calling back, as I had just missed their call by minutes. But turns out they were on the phone with Dan...telling him all about...OUR SON!

We have a baby boy, 6 months old and--are you ready for this?--a whopping 23 pounds! When I spoke with our agency, they were giggling about what a "Buddha Baby" he is. Ooooooh, I couldn't wait to see him! But Dan was at work and sick Ned needed a nap, so I put her in bed, took a shower (hey, I was home with a sick kid--who cares that it was 1:00pm?) and waited for Dan to come home. Last time when we got Ned's referral, I was at work and saw Nedy before Dan did. This time, I wanted all of us to see him together.

We got to our agency around 4:00 and sat down together to open the file and see his face for the first time. It is such a surreal moment, opening that folder. Like, "Hello, rest of my life." And when we opened that folder, I couldn't believe how sweet, adorable and BIG our baby is! He has such a gentle, calm look about him. Ooooh, he's just scrumptious. But you'll have to take my word for it for now, as our international agency does not allow photo posting on blogs. But I'll be calling them tomorrow to see just what I can get away with in that regard... ;)

What did Ned say about him? "He's a wiwwy big baby. Yike, I not sure how I fit him in my Ewgo to cawwy him awound." (Ergo is our baby carrier. Apparently Nedy's had delusions of grandeur about hauling "yitto brudder" around in it...kid cracks me up.) Dan made the mistake of making a joke at dinner about how "yitto brudder" is bigger than Nedy to which she promptly and indignantly replied, "He not dat big, Baba. He just a yitto bit big. Fow a baby."

Our agency confirmed that we are on track for travel to bring him home in 3-4 months, so looks like this family will be Seoul-bound in April or so! I told Nedy that we'd go to Korea to bring home baby when it gets warmer outside and winter is gone away, to which she replied, "Yitto brudder prolly be even bigger by den." Probably so, kiddo. Mama's arms better start working out. :)

More to come...stay tuned!