Hi! We are in other town for a few days. We don't get to see Cedar again until Wednesday, so we took a train down to the southern part of the country to explore and visit a friend. We are in Daegu, and just got back from dinner with a friend I met when I was here the first time. He and his wife have a little girl -- 11 mos. old and cute as a button. Watching her is a little bit like looking into the future...
We visited their house, then went out to dinner and back to their house afterward. Dinner was amazing -- dejigalbi with about 15 different side dishes. Delicious! Tomorrow we are going hiking together, and then to one of the traditional markets, where they are going to help me find a Korean baby carrier.
I have to tell you about the baby carriers here. The women (foster moms too) carry their babies on their backs in these wrap-around carriers, and the babes just get so snuggled in. It is so cute! Our little Hyun Soo, and my friend's baby too, just look so happy and content back there. When the women go out, they just put a coat on, OVER the baby in the back! Walking behind them, all you can see is the little feet sticking out the bottom - so cute!
I know I'm skipping around a lot, but oh well.. For those of you who haven't been to Holt, I thought you might want a little description. It's a very busy building, with big glass doors and all sorts of people coming and going, many of them women with little ones on their backs. There is a clinic in the downstairs part, and upstairs is the reception area where you meet with the foster mom. There are couches and chairs situated around a coffee table, and that's where we waited to meet Hyun Soo. It was strange, sitting there waiting, knowing that at any moment we were going to meet the little one we've waited for SO LONG to know. And then she walked in, and just like that, there he was! Very simple, no forms, no paperwork, no red tape, just us and the foster mom and DJ (social worker) and our baby!
Happy days,
Rebecca & Andy
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