Best Day Ever....We met our son!

We met our little Ryan-Kaon!!! I know you want pictures first so here you go.....



















Our meeting with Ryan at his foster family's home couldn't have gone better. We first met our social worker at the SWS office. She was adorable and very sweet. The first thing she handed me was a stack of updated photos of Ryan. I couldn't believe how adorable he was and believe it or not...he has hair! Way more hair then I was expecting. Next we took a cab ride to the foster family's home. It was about a 45 minute drive and felt longer because of the anticipation. When we arrived it was nothing like I pictured. The home is in a very tall apartment building on the 13th floor. When Ryan's foster mom opened the door she was holding him and I couldn't believe just how beautiful he was in person. The pictures DO NOT do a justice. He is so tiny...only 20 pounds! We walked into their sitting room and he sat with his foster mom who he is VERY attached too. He then warmed up to Joey and crawled right to him. Yup! He crawls and pulls himself up. He is a busy little boy. You could just see and feel the love from his foster mom. She really took such great care of him and loved him as if he were her biological child. She told us that she feels so happy now that she sees us in person and knows that we will be good parents to Ryan. She asked if we would send her updated pictures. I was so glad that she wants us to!
The foster father and oldest brother were not there. The younger foster brother was there and you could see just how much he LOVES Ryan and how much Ryan loved him too. His foster brother told us that he wants to be a MLB player in the US and when he is he wants to come and visit Ryan...my heart ache at that point!
Here are some things about Ryan...
-When they say his name it sounds like this..Kah-Own-A
-He loves to eat and is not picky but only eats a little bit at a time.
-He is very curious
-He is stubborn
-He takes 3 naps a day and goes to bed at mid-night and wakes up between 7-8am.
-He still wakes up in the middle of the night for a bottle
-He sleeps in bed with his foster family
-He wakes to ANY noise he hears....great!!! Cooper doesn't bark ALL the time so no worries there.
-He baths once a day before bed.
-He has 4 teeth on top and 2 on the bottom.
-He loves to drink water.
-He loves to play with balls...someone please buy some because that's one of the only things we don't have at home for him. Thanks :)
-He is rarely fussy.
-He loves his foster dad and calls his foster mom Oma, which means mom in Korean.
-Ryan is his foster family's 3rd foster baby.

That's all I can think of for now. He is so cute and such a little peanut. We need to fatten that boy up. But the important thing is that he is very strong and very healthy. We were there for about an hour and a half but it felt like 10 minutes. I can't wait for everyone to meet this little guy. He is just beautiful and I can't tell you how much we both love him already. We will be getting Ryan FOREVER on Thursday at 10:30am. My heart is overwhelmed with so much joy and happiness it just may burst. Joey and I consider ourselves truly blessed that God has brought us to Ryan. People keep saying how lucky Ryan will be, but it's the other way around. We are the lucky ones. We have a beautiful, healthy little boy that we get to spend the rest of our lives loving.

One other thing...Ryan's foster mom gave me a HUGE stack of photos of their time together. How awesome is that?!!! One of the pictures of him is from the first week she had him in her home. I am thrilled that we have those pictures for Ryan. Okay, that's all for now. I love him and can't wait to see him again. He's awesome! I know it's going to be an adjustment and take time and patience to get through this transition but I know we will get through it and so will Ryan.

Tonight we are going to have a nice dinner and some Soju! Tomorrow we will be touring around South Korea. We have a whole itinerary planned out. It will be the last day as a family of two (well, 3 if you count Cooper).