Travel
13 Nov Korea Trip 2: Custody to Visa
MONDAY, APRIL 2 (GIDDY DAY) We’ve already talked at length about the big emotions that defined our first day and first week as a family, so we’ll spend most of our time this post just talking through the highlights of our first week with Gideon. But...
12 Nov Korea Trip 2: Giddy Day (Our First Day of Together Forever)
We woke up on custody day – or “Giddy Day” as we like to call it – full of conflicting emotions. I always imagined Giddy Day would be like the day we met Gideon for the first time, full of unhindered joy, relief, and excitement....
02 Aug Our Favorite Miracle: An Adoption Story
Gideon was placed in our arms 4 months ago today, and we still haven't posted his photo on our blog. For those of you who have been following our blog since the beginning and waiting so patiently to see our boy's beautiful face, we are...
26 Mar The Love and the Sorrow
{Written by Brian} I don’t tend to be a very emotional person. My parents have a home movie of my twin brother and me on our 6-7 year birthday, sitting in front of our presents. Randy is bouncing up and down, rocking back and forth, cheesing...
24 Mar Journey to Gideon – Part 6
Feeling still worse, and having drooled all over myself because my throat hurt so badly all night (sorry, TMI), I finally agreed to go find a doctor before our flight out of Korea the next day. I remembered Kelli telling me that Itaewon was a...
23 Mar Journey to Gideon – Part 5
We woke up early on Thursday, incredibly nervous for court (well, I was…Brian is always cool as a cucumber). Yes, so many families had told us court isn’t a big deal. And yes, it’s supposed to be mostly a formality. But we knew we had...
21 Mar Journey to Gideon – Part 4 (The Day We Met Our Son Again)
We had our second visit with Giddy on Wednesday, March 7, this time in the playroom at SWS. We arrived about 15 minutes early, and foster dad was standing outside. He recognized us and waved us over so excitedly, motioning for us to go in....
20 Mar Journey to Gideon – Part 3 (The Day We Met Our Son!)
Moment of truth: This post right here is 90% of the reason this blog is two weeks late in coming. Tuesday, March 6th was the most perfect day of our lives. It truly felt like God arranged every single detail and then gave us the...
19 Mar Journey to Gideon – Part 2
We had so hoped to keep our blog updated in real-time, but we decided to enjoy every last second in Korea instead! I did, however, take detailed notes of where we went and what we did. So for all you families getting ready to travel...