Our Beautiful Boy!

Here he is!  The most beautiful little boy!  He will be 9 months at the end of this month!  This is his 8 month picture.  Hopefully there will be more to come :)

These are his newborn pictures!  He was a beautiful 6 lbs 5 oz., 19 1/2 inches.

I praise God for this amazing little guy.  We are so blessed to be his mommy and daddy.  I just can't wait to hold him in my arms. 

It's a BOY!!!

I am so happy to announce that we have a son!!! I was in walmart shopping with my two baby girls when I got the call.  I almost didn't answer it not recognizing the phone number but I am so very glad that I did. Here is a little of how it went:
Social Worker:  Are you driving?
Me: No, just shopping in walmart.
SW: well, you may want to sit down because you have a baby!
Me: (something like) Oh my goodness.  Are you serious?!  Praise the Lord.  Thank you Jesus!
I was definately turning some heads because I immidiately started crying.  I was so overwhelmed with joy, I was shaking.  After I got off the phone with our SW I told the girls that they had a baby brother!  They were excited of course!  I tried to call my husband but wasn't able to get a hold of him for THREE HOURS!!  Finally he called and I told him that it wasn't an emergency but I needed to go pick him up from work.  When he got in the car Brooklyn said "Addison is going to be a big sister!".  He was so surprised and so happy.  And then she told him that the baby was a baby brother!  I am so happy for my husband that he has a son!  And the really great part is that they already share a special day, their birthday September 28!  Our son is 8 months old and the cutest little guy in the world.  He actually looks a lot like our girls, the button nose and big round cheeks that you just want to kiss all day long.  He has beautiful pouty lips too.  We sent off  the acceptance paperwork to Holt (our agency in Oregon) Thursday but it's not going to get there until Monday morning.  Hopefully everything will be filled out right and it will be sent onto Korea in the next few days. Once it's on its way to Korea, we can post his picture!!! 

Fingerprints and Korean Food = great day!

We drove to San Antonio to get our fingerprints done to finish up the I-600a.  They said our prints looked good so now we just wait for approval!  I'm a little nervous that this government shutdown is going to affect the processing of our paperwork :-/  GOD'S TIMING, GOD'S TIMING.  I have to keep reminding myself and it makes me feel calmer.  So now we just wait, no more paperwork until we get our referral! 

While we were in SA we went to a great Korean restaurant!  It was the first we as a family has sat down for a Korean meal.  I cannot wait to learn to cook some of this great food.  So here is the spread that we had.  Kimchi, Yaki Mandu, Edamame, Bi Bim Bap, and lots of other yumminess!  The girls weren't sure what to think of some of it but they will get used to it :) 

 Yaki Mandu, two different kinds of kimchi, edamame, potatoes, broccoli, and cucumbers.

 Fried Shrimp, mmmmm.

 My Bi Bim Bap had beef,  lettuce, rice, mushrooms, carrots, and topped with an egg.  Served really hot, it was very yummy.

 Brooklyn trying to figure out chopsticks.

 Addison eating edamame :)

Green Tea Ice Cream for Dessert.

It was a great day in SA, a little shopping and a drive thru safari were in order too!  It was such a good day, I love every moment with my family.

Biometrics appointment (fingerprinting)

So I have been stalking our mailman for a week now waiting for our fingerprinting appointments and they finally got here yesterday!  It's for April 7th (my birthday!) in San Antonio.  So we are going to make a day of it and do some fun things with the kids (possibly sea world or the wildlife safari) and hopefully some shopping and good food.  Even though this doesn't change the wait for a referal it is still progress on something.  After the fingerprinting we will just be waiting for our I-600A approval and then a referal!!!  Things are moving!  I just have to keep remebering that it is God's timing and He knows who our baby is. :)

A First

So last sunday after church we decided to try out a restaurant that we pass by all the time.  The name of the restaurant is "Seoul" so the Korean food has to be great right?

To our surprise it was a Chinese, Korean, AND Mexican buffet!  Ha ha!  The Korean food was very sparse but what I had was pretty good, pork bulgogi, korean hot wings (which honestly I'm not so sure wasn't American hot wings, but I wouldn't know the difference), and some sort of spicy soup (I can't remember the name of it).  I would love to find an authentic Korean restaurant but no such luck here in Del Rio.  It was definately an experience :)

My little loves

My girls are everything to me.  They are so very different from each other.  Brooklyn (4) is sensitive, dramatic, caring, and affectionate.  Addison (2) is  the boss.  She is outgoing, sweet, and will take a swing at her sister if provoked.  They both love to cuddle (Addison is cuddling with me right now as I type on the couch).  Motherhood is the hardest thing that I have ever done but is the most rewarding, amazing thing that I have ever done.  I wouldn't change my life for ANYTHING (except adding another child... ha ha)! 

True Love

Our kids are going to be so embarassed of us when they get older

We can never get a serious picture.  My husband is a goofball.  And yes, that is a mustache that he was growing (for mustache march, it's an Air Force thing).  Thank goodness he shaved it already.

This is my true love even if he can't take a serious picture.