Note: This post is part of our full Korea Adoption: Guide to Seoul. For most families adopting from Korea, you’ll get about two hours with your foster family. Two very special, incredibly sacred, and totally amazing hours! I promise you, those two hours will be the fastest...
Christmas at Dollywood has always been my very favorite tradition, because it’s all the warm and fuzzy feelings about Christmas wrapped up into my favorite weekend every year. I told Brian at the very beginning of our adoption process that I would be happy once...
Gideon and I both spent the first half of November sick. Gideon’s regression was hard, but this time, he picked up right where he left off once he started feeling better! This boy’s receptive language skills are exploding every day, as is his undying love...
At the end of October, we set out for our first big road trip as a family of three! It took us 12 hours to get from Kentucky to our AirBNB in Arlington, Virginia, but Gideon was such a trooper, spending the whole time watching...
October was full of big and fun milestones for Gideon! Tired of him hitting his head against the side of the crib as he attempted to rock himself back to sleep in the middle of the night, we moved his crib mattress to the floor,...
Gideon’s favorite things this month – besides garage doors, which are still his favorite – were kissing me every chance he got, running up and down inclines (which he learned to do this month), and watching the automatic doors at Walmart. He thought the button...