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Family Day – October 12, 2008
I am not sure that I ever believed anyone when they said this day and this day alone would make you feel every emotion in the book and I mean everyone. It started out full of excitement and ended with exhaustion. The foster mother made us breakfast, Korean style and I was in heaven and my husband well he was not so sure but he tried it and liked it! Then came the most heart wrenching part of the day – the blessing ceremony and saying good bye to the foster parents, I cried soooooo hard. The foster mom was crying and I was crying and Aaron was crying and you could tell foster dad was trying hard not to cry. The foster mom said she has been fostering for 10 years and has never been so close to a baby (though she meant babies). She said these two got into her heart. I cried harder. I thought someone was going to come and stomp on my heart it was horrible. Then came the time for Little Man and Little Diva to start grieving and wow did they grieve. I was prepared for it but that tore at your heart even more. We soon learned that Little Diva is 100% no doubt about it a Daddy’s girl – only daddy can stop the tears, only daddy can change her diaper, ONLY DADDY. She has even said dada a few times and it seems appropriate but we are not sure. Little Man does prefer me but likes his daddy time as well – Little Diva screams bloody murder when Aaron does anything with Little Man she can see, talk about jealous. We tried some baby food and Little Man LOVED the vegetables and rice but was not sure about the fruit even though he ate it. Little Diva well she tried it and would eat it but not as good as Little Man. Daddy let her have the spoon and that was it green baby food everywhere! We laughed, we played, we cried and we bonded. By no means are we attached, but at least we have started. It is currently EARLY in the morning and Little Diva thinks it is play time, she is in the hallway playing with Daddy. Little Man is sleeping right next to me so his sister does not wake him up! We cannot wait to see everyone! We love you all and we are ready to touch down in Chicago on Monday morning! Illinois here we come…for those wondering we will be home sometime Monday. (Grandma and Papa we will call you at work when we are not too far away from home.) So I leave you with some pictures from our day (This is nowhere near all of the pictures, I will be putting all these pictures and the ones from the trip on flickr when we get home):
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Congratulations on your amazing family day!!!!!! What a blessing!
Congratulations on your first family day! Have a safe trip home!
So happy and excited for you – congratulations, and hope you have an easy, calm, quick flight home (ha!)!
How wonderful!!!!! Great pictures – great memories!!! Have a safe trip home! I can’t wait!!!!!
Polly’s been enjoying the pictures and keeps saying she can’t believe how much hair Little Diva has!!!!!
Paula and Polly
Oh congrats! What an emotional day – I teared up just reading about it!!! Enjoy your last few days overseas as a family of 4!!!!!!
How wonderful!! I cannot believe that you are ready to come home already. CONGRATULATIONS again!!!
Yeah for family day!! It sounds very emotional and difficult. Hope the trip home goes smoothly.
congratulations! The twins look beautiful. You’ve got your hands full- wow. Amazing.
What beautiful kids!! Sounds like an emotional day but such a blessing that your babies were so well taken care of and loved. Have a safe trip home!
Congrats! Happy Family Day!
oh, i LOVE the picture at nap time…so precious. i am glad things are going so well! sounds like you have your hands full with the little miss!! she is going to keep her daddy busy!
happy family day!
Congratulations!!!! It’s so exciting to see your precious ones in your arms! I know what you mean about the goodbye – so heart wrenching. I am praying for the foster family – it’s so good to know they love your babes so much, but so hard to see them go. I’ll keep praying for your bonding and attaching too. It will come and you have a great start. It’s definitely a process. I can’t wait to meet your precious ones! They are beautiful!!!!
Congratulations, Carissa and Aaron on officially becoming a family of four! Your post had my teary. I know it’s hard, but it’s great to know that your kids were loved and well cared for before they became a part of your family. I’m so, so happy for you!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so excited for you!!!
Congratulations! I am so excited for you. What beautiful babies.