Danny's First Christmas

So life goes on and Danny continues to adjust to his new life, despite a determined effort to put us on Korean time versus the other way round. He also got to experience his first ever Christmas. However when we all came downstairs on Christmas morning we found Sandy asleep under the tree on our presents. I am not sure if it means you were good or bad when Santa leaves you a Pit Bull. The day was capped off with a visit from his Nonna and Papa who quickly began spoiling him rotten. Now his Grandma and grandpa are on the way to continue spoiling him for the new year.

The Most Amazing Week

So Danny is finally home and we never imagined what a fun little guy we brought into our lives. He loves to laugh and smile and is enjoying his new toys. The Dogs have been amazing and Argo is so protective of the new member of our family that he hardly leaves his side. We still have had a few nights without much sleep while we try to get him on a schedule, but its really been an awesome week.

After the Storm

So last night was a little rough. Danny did just not want to go to sleep and woke up crying every 10 minutes or so. However, eventually we got him to go down around 4:00 Am and we all got a few hours sleep. The next morning he woke up ready to play and we all had a little fun time in the living room. He also is eating solid foods and seems to like the rice cereal best. We have a few pictures from play time and lunch time, and we even managed to catch a family nap this afternoon to get ready for tonight and his predicted bedtime shennanigans.

We're home and awake

We made it home about 2:30 last night and so far, so good! The flight was delayed by a little more than an hour, but we held it together with the other few families as the rest of the passengers came off the plane. They kept saying "the babies are coming!" and finally they showed up with the flight crew. Danny cried a bit, but seemed to settle down after we held him for a while. I got to do the super fun first diaper change in the airport bathroom (gross, by the way!), and after signing a little bit of paperwork, we were on our way home! He did okay in the car seat until we hit Smyrna (about 25 minutes from home), and then he was done with that!

We got home, gave him a bottle, played a little bit, and hit the sack. He slept in the crib, and me, Dom and the dogs set up an air mattress on the floor next to him. We got a bit of sleep, and he's up and moving now!

The dogs are doing amazing, so gentle and sweet with him, and Danny seems to like them too. We'll write more later when we've got some time, but for now, here are a few pictures from the airport!

The babies walking out of the gate with the escorts!

Our first family picture!

and the one below is us with his escort.

Flight delay

Daniel arrived in San Francisco this morning as planned, and spent the day with the escorts, and some very sweet Nuns whose mission it is to help the babies on their journey. Both babies are a little under the weather, but they'll be just fine.
Unfortunately, the flight from SFO to Philly is delayed by an hour right now...the flight tracker claims that he will arrive around midnight, but we'll see! So we're heading off to the airport later. We're off to try to nap a little before our VERY long night. I will try to post when we have a few minutes tommorrow!

And one more picture...

Travel Call!

We found out on Friday that Daniel is coming home next Thursday (12/18)!!! We were completely in shock on Friday, ran around like crazy yesterday trying to finish all our errands, and are going to try to relax and get a few things done in the house today. Yikes!! We are so excited, and a little nervous...but this time next week we will be parents!
We can't wait for you all to meet Danny!

Pictures!

A family who traveled to Korea to pick up their son was able to spend some time with Daniel in the reception center at Holt, and sent us some pictures! He looks a little thinner in these shots, so he's probably pretty mobile by now. Looks like we'll be babyproofing everything!