INTRODUCTION

Well, we probably should have started this blog months ago but we didn't so I'm writing our first post today. Better late than never! You can see the details of our timeline on the left side of this web page so I'll just cover the highlights. On November 28, 2007, we received the referral of our son! Zachary will be our first child he is currently living in South Korea with his foster family. Our baby boy is current eight months old and, as you can see from the pic, has a cleft lip and palate. We have an excellent craniofacial surgeon who will perfom all of the surgeries that Zachary will require. Yesterday was the best day ever because at 9:28 AM we received a phone call saying that we could fly to Korea to bring our sweet son home! Anyone who has ever adopted can tell you that there is a lot of waiting involved in the process and all of it is hard. For me, I think the hardest part was the last week when I knew that we could get THE CALL any minute. We know that God's timing is perfect, though, because as much as I wanted to travel last week (heck, last month!), our itinerary is better than I would have ever thought. We will leave on Saturday May 3 and arrive in Seoul May 4. Because Monday is a holiday, we will have a little time to spend seeing the city and hopefully spending some time with Sam, an American living in Seoul who my mom has connected us with. On Tuesday morning, we will meet our baby boy and his foster mom. Wednesday and Thursday we will have time for learning more about Korea, getting some great pictures to share with Zach as he grows, and doing some shopping. Friday afternoon, Zachary will be ours forever! We will have two nights and all of Saturday with him before we leave Sunday morning May 11 to come home. This is a huge answer to prayer because I was really concerned about having enough practice feeding him (cleft affected kiddos can be challenging and messy to feed) before jumping on a plane for thirteen hours! When we get home it will still be Mother's Day (it will actually be an hour earlier than when we left Seoul...how wierd is that). I can't imagine a better gift for my first Mother's Day than to walk into my home with my husband and our son for the first time.

M