16 Months

As I logged in today to write up this next blog entry, I was quickly reminded by the little date stamp thingy how quiet it's been on here since we've posted an entry.

And, well, that pretty much reflects the same number of updates and new information we've received about our adoption - zero.  <sigh>  It's been a dry 1.5 months for us with any new adoption news, and we have found ourselves waiting with many other families adopting from Korea to see if and when the process would pick up again for when we can bring our little guy home.  There are a number of reasons for the delay, some that we understand, some that we don't understand, but all of which are beyond our control at this point.  The communication has been muffled and utterly silent, leaving us anxiously awaiting even just the smallest glimmer of news to let us know how things are coming and of any idea when our phone call may be coming to travel to Korea.

We're still waiting for *THAT* news (and are coming to accept the fact that it may be longer than we had originally expected), but we did get some new pictures and updates that brought more than a few fun smiles and giggles to the family.

Joshua was recently in for his regular 16 month medical check up and his social worker sent us some pictures and a short medical update.  In short:  everything is looking good.  It's fun to read about his progress and notice some of the changes from his 1 year check up.  He's now enjoys bathtime (a plus), is walking around, and appears to be doing his fair share of jabbering!  We also noted that he's showing signs of being a night-owl, since his normal bedtime is around midnight.  Daddy was beginning to like the idea of having another night-owl in the family to hang out and play with, but Mommy was seeing things a little bit differently (ie. "Daddy takes nighttime duty").  Hmmmm.....we'll see about this one.

Beanie Babies and more!

What made these pictures extra fun for us was that Joshua just opened a care package we had sent over for him.  We prepared a few things to be delivered by another family that recently traveled to Korea to pick up their child.  It was really fun to see Joshua hold the little frog Beanie Baby that Nathan picked out, the little lion that Brooke chose, and see him play with the little cell phone that we recorded a message on, and the soft handmade blankie Jill made for him.  Needless to say, it brought us a little extra excitement to see that Joshua was enjoying his new gifts!

So, despite the fact that we have no new news on the possibility of travel, getting a 16 month update was probably the next best thing we could get! Now if only our next update from Korea was an invitation to travel.... 

C'mon, Korea....let's get it moving!