First Easter

Some pictures of Max on his first Easter, with his Easter Basket.  Also a shot of him giving his cousin Alex a Kiss on Grandma's lap.

 Max is adjusting really well to his new surroundings and parents, better than we expected! Max is sleeping from about 8:30 pm to about 6:30 am now.  We are still working on a consistent nap schedule.  Quite a lot of progress with the sleep in the last week or so.

Here is a picture of Max with his Great Grandma.

More later.

Getting to know you...

We have had Max for 2 weeks.  We are slowly getting to know each other. 

Here are some tidbits:
*He is a funny kid with lots of quirks and tons of personality. 
*He is certainly a cutie and likes to get his way. 
*We are getting on a schedule and he will come to both of us for things now.
* I am pretty sure he said 'No' today
* He likes to have company come over and play.
* He has a real sweet side, when his cousin came over, who is also 1 year old, he walked over and hugged her when they arrived and he fed her a puff later in the day.
* Max.Is.A.Dancer...he will dance to commercials and many of his toys...even if we hum.
* He is a lot of fun and smart as a whip.  He is into everything, and has figured out many things around the house and will wander around like he owns the place!

Of course I could not post without new photos...I would hear it if I didn't

We will post more pictures soon!

We're Home!

We traveled home yesterday.  It was a long day, as it was Saturday for about 38 hours.  Max did amazing on the plane he slept for 10 hours, which of course meant that he did not sleep last night This morning until 6:30.

A few pictures during our journey home.

In Insadong before leaving for the airport:

Helping us Pack...

 

 

At the Airport waiting for the plane.

 

 

 

 

 

 He traveled well and slept most of the way. 

We arrived home and he was happy to discover lots of toys!

Having a snack with Pororo!

Making himself at home.

 We are doing well, he is totally a Daddy's boy, He is getting more comfortable with Momma every day.

Tour of Seoul

On Friday we took a tour of Seoul.  Max did really well in the carrier with Daddy.  He even took a little nap.  He loved to be on the bus and to be outside.  Here are are few pictures of our day.

On the bus: 

At the Palace:

 North Seoul Tower: We added a lock to the fence for Max with his name and family day. 

 Lunch with our beautiful tour guide, she was very nice and so sweet and complimentary to Max.

Max is doing Well

Its about 6 am in Korea on Friday Apr. 8th.   Max took his first bottle at about 10 pm last night.  He slept until about 3 am and took another one then.  Went back to sleep and is still sleeping.  Foster Mom said he usually sleeps till about 7am.  He was finally in a playful mood after he took his first bottle from us last night.  Here is a picture and another video.  He likes to bang on things.

Today we are taking a guided city tour with him at 9:30.  We did get him outside yesterday for a short walk to some bad Burger King food for dinner.  He seemed to be very content while outside in the carrier.  We were told he likes being outside.  He did a lot of waving at people.

We have Max

We met Max for the first time a few hours ago.  We are back at our hotel and he is sleeping.  Here are a few pictures of our first meeting and him sleeping on Kristin's shoulder.

We also have a video of Max wondering through the Holt office just before his final medical check.  The lady in the black and white blouse is his foster Mommy.

Love Mark & Kristin

We Made it!

We made it to Seoul, South Korea in the early morning of April 6th.  The flight was fine, no issues.  Just really long. 

We wandered around most of the day since we could not check in to our hotel until the mid afternoon.  We did some shopping and walked a lot. 

Here are a few of our stops along the way.

Our plane once we landed

Airport Terminal

Who knew a glutinous rice donut would be so good! Also banana and some square thing...

 The mix of old and new in this city is amazing. This is the Buddhist Museum near our hotel

 Stopped for some Mandu...very yummy.

 Namdaemun Market...we only went through part of it, it's huge.

 We knew we walked really far when we realized we we coming up on North Seoul Tower...which is on the other side of town from where we are staying...We will certainly go back with Max and his lock...more to come on that.

Next post will involve some cuteness I am sure.  Prayers are welcome!

Travel call!

On Friday April 1st we finally got our Travel Call.  The time since then has flown by.  We have already left and are in Korea already! More to come!