Day 3 Shop til you drop!

Saturday morning after our buffet breakfast here at our hotel, we decided to head to Itaewon for a little shopping. Itaewon is very americanized and quite honestly, not the "prettiest" part of Seoul, but they have some great finds for souvenirs. Once we finished up or shopping we decided to head back over to Insadong and see the Gyeongbokgung palace. The trees there this time of the year are amazing! We also enjoyed some live entertainment at the national folk museum so...overall, a great day!!
Here are some of the sights we took in today...(Lana & Sunny, if you are reading...you would have loved the palace for it's amazing fall foliage, I thought about you guys....).



Here we are out front of the Hamilton Hotel by the "Scroll Guy"

















Now, We have one more day of site seeing and then Monday we will be at Eastern for the majority of the day with foster mom's. I tell you I am enjoying our adventures this weekend, but I am missing Drew like crazy and think it's total agony to have to wait to see him again. Ok, yes, I had to the same thing when we traveled to bring Malia and Cole home, so yes, this is just some whiney momma thoughts, but....I just want to see our baby...like, NOW!

Day 2 Insadong-gil

Today was a great low key kind of day. We had no meetings scheduled so we decided to do some shopping in Insadong. I know pictures are worth more than words, so here ya go!


This is the main street (gil) where we did our shopping, this is before all the vendors opened up shop.

Malia and Cole had to get one with the robot!

Is this not gorgeous?!

This was a hoot! This guy was so fun!! He was playing keep away with the green tea ice cream...we were cracking up!

Malia and Cole enjoying said ice cream...

Cutie Boy

Korea is so beautiful!

Leave it to me to find a Italian restaurant in Korea! So fun!!

Buddhist Temple near our hotel

Garden right outside our hotel...gorgeous!

This is right outside the Kyobo Building

Inside the Kyobo bookstore...this place is NUTS!

WARNING....precious pictures below!!!

I cannot wait another moment...here is our first family photo:



Drew is a little LOVE! Oh my.



He is so incredibly attached to his amazing foster mother that our departure is sure to be filled with many tears. We have been warned that he has severe stranger anxiety and cries when he cannot see his foster mother. He allowed me to hold him for about 3 minutes until he started to strain and arch around for his foster mom. Please lift him up in your prayers. His little world is about to be turned upside down, and tho we will be tickled to death to have and hold him, he will grieve.

It was so amazing to see our little guy and oh so hard to say goodbye. We will get to see him again on Monday for an hour and then we will receive him forever on Tuesday morning. Below are some of my favorites from our meeting...ENJOY!!!






This one cracks me up...we all look plum worn out...except for Ms. Thumbs up...hysterical!

Ready!

Ready!
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This is what luggage looks like for a trip for 4, soon to be 5 to Korea!!!

Woohoo! Praises to our Heavenly Father...He is so Good!

Halloween pics

We had a great time last night....here are our kiddos in their costumes!

Youch!

Ok...since I've been on cloud 9 and trying to keep up with lists of lists for our up and coming trip to Korea, I've experienced the worst back pain I've ever had...at first I thought it was just stress...then, I went to a chiropractor...it's not good, my friends...

This is a picture of my thermal scan today...


So, while you are praying for our trip to Korea...would you mind lifting up a few for my aching back?!

TRAVEL CALL!!!!!!

What a great way to start the day!!! Drew is ready for us to come and get him...woohooo!!!

Due to Chad's work schedule, we plan on leaving on November 4th and returning November 11th. The wait will probably be excruciating, but honestly it makes the most sense...boo for common sense! For those of you who would like to come and share our homecoming at the airport, please leave me your email addresses in the comment line and I'll be happy to share our time of arrival on the 11th.

We are OVERJOYED and are so thankful to God for this journey we are on. Now...if I can try and stay out of the halloween candy isle while we wait for the clock to tick down to November 4th....It's not looking real good ;-)!

Thank you all for your many prayers and thoughtful comments. We plan on blogging our stay in Korea so stay tuned. The only thing I ask is that you comment (yes, this means all you lurkers too...you know who you are!) on our blog. It is such an encouragement to see your names pop up, and I know the kids would enjoy hearing from you too!

So...now, I just need to get BUSY....