February 2019

Snow, ice, extremely cold temperatures... that sums up this month.  We are all so ready for spring!

Liam hasn't figured out he's a dog - he prefers to be held like one of the kids.

Although cold, it was a beautiful ice storm!

The sky looked like it was on fire.

Liam did not have school, so we had a lunch date to Culver's

Hair salon

Finally got around to sewing the patches on Liam's karate outfit (it has a proper name, but I can't remember what it is).

Liam offered to read Lilly her favorite book at bedtime - "The Grinch that Stole Christmas".  It was nice to get a break from reading it.

EP Submission!!!

We finally got the email we have been waiting for for 8 months (190 days to be exact)... our case has been submitted.  Now, the Korean Ministry will review our Dossier (our book about why we would make good parents) and then they will approve us to move forward in the adoption process.  Approval takes anywhere between 4-8 weeks.  Some couples have waited up t0 12 weeks.  After approval, our case gets sent to court.  We are then  assigned a court date and then we make plans to go and meet our son.  If all goes well, we hope to travel for our first trip in April or May.  It is a baby step, but it's nice to know that things are moving along again.  It feels like the beginning of the end of this process.

Chinese/Lunar New Year 2019

It is the year of the pig and we celebrated the new year as we do most years.  This year we added a book to our collection about Bee-bim-Bop, the traditional Korean dish.  The kids helped make pig shaped sugar cookies this year.  We usually make a rice crispy/fruit roll-up dragon dessert, but Liam has braces this year and can't have sticky food.  We had Uncle Remington and Grandpa & Grandma Herman over for a meal - egg rolls, egg drop soup, beef & broccoli, sweet & sour chicken, and rice.  The kids opened their red envelopes.  We made one for Luke with his Korean wish on the front - family.

Our decorations are crafts the kids have made over the years.