Max Bits...

Tomorrow (September 6th) is "Gotcha Day". In about 20 hours, we officially become parents and we can't wait! At 4p.m. we have our second meeting with Max and his Foster Mother. Following this meeting we'll have a ceremony with Dr. Kim, the President of Eastern Social Welfare Society, during which there is a short prayer service and the agency officially passes Max from the Foster Mom to us. By all accounts this will be a very emotional time. We just hope the transition for Max is as smooth as possible.

We thought we should share a few items we learned about Max in our first visit with him and his Foster Mother.

His Foster Mother says Max is very cautious and when he reaches out for something he'll look at her first to make sure it is okay.

He is quiet and we don't think he is talking yet.

He loves bread and fruit.

He doesn't like potatoes, but he likes steamed potatoes. (huh???)

He likes to ride in strollers or in a carrier on someone's back.

He likes to be outside, but mosquitos like to bite him.

He has never ridden in a car seat before (this should be interesting to try after a long flight!).

He likes to sit in laps.

We're still not sure what size he wears, but he looks shorter than we thought he would (Korean clothing is sized different than in the U.S.).

We'll no doubt learn more about him over the next few days, weeks, months, and years. We can't wait!!!

Thanks for all the emails and comments over the past week, we really appreciate all of your support. We'll no doubt be a little busy over the next couple of days, so we can't promise any more posts. We do hope to get the time to at least add a few more pictures of Max.

Love,
Kurt and Dede