The Wait is Over

At this point in our journey I am sure some of you are thinking, the pictures of palaces and masks are nice. The stories about wedding ducks and strange food are interesting, but "We want to See Some Pictures of Naomi !!!" Well ... the wait is over. Today, March 10th 2008, at 11am Korea time Naomi Yoojin Hayworth joined our little family - completing our journey of 3 Becoming 4.

Everything at the adoption agency went very quickly, I don't think we were there for more than 30 minutes. While we were there they gave us all sorts of neat little gifts. We got a Korean Flag necklace that has Naomi's Korean name and birthday engraved on the back and a jewelry box to keep it in. We also got some tapes of Korean children's music and a small Korean flag. Naomi's foster mother gave us a Hanbok and lots of pictures on a CD. They also loaded us down with clothes, formula, diapers and bottles. When it was time to go, Teresa Naomi and I got into the elevator with our social worker and we said goodbye to Naomi's foster mother, much like the preview video we posted, with a little less crying.

This afternoon we have done all sorts of regular baby stuff. Naomi took a nap, we walked around the neighborhood, we rolled around on the floor making silly faces and sounds. We were told that Naomi is not yet eating any solid foods, but we tried to give her some smashed up banana anyway ... and she loved it. Teresa thinks that the reason she hasn't eaten any rice cereal yet is that they have been holding out on the good stuff - bananas.

Sleeping Beauty

A Million Dollar Smile
What a quick learner - I think she may be another genius

We Want More Bananas