Body Parts

I got a little bit of video of Eun Jin pointing out some body parts. She gets crazy whenever I video. I show her after what I have taped so she wants to skip doing the cute stuff and go straight to watching...Haven't got through to her yet that there is nothing there if she doesn't do something!

Eun Jin Talking

Eun Jin can say a lot of words. She was not comfortable at first to mimic us but it seems like she has just started to explode with words. She is like Joelee in that she does not like to try to say words. She will watch and listen to you say it until she can pronounce it correctly instead of trying it a few times first.
Some of her best words are:
Ut Oh (for Uh-Oh)
Mama
Dada
Jackson
Joelee
Kitty
Wall-E (our cats name)
Down
Up
Eat
Drink
Baba (for bottle)
Food
Cold
Hot
Bye-Bye
Hair
Doll
My (for mine)
Two
Car
Train
Dog
Horse
Pig
and she also can do animals sounds...My favorite is her little oink, oink. She says it so cute.

So Sweet...This comment was posted on Eun Jin's birthday by her foster family.

Eun-Jin! Happy birthday to you~
-Foster Family

은혜 진의 입양 가족에 대한 메시지 ... 그녀의 생일에 그녀의 생각에 감사드립니다!-Message for Eun Jin's foster family...Thank you for thinking of her on her birthday!

은혜 진의 생일 선물을 주셔서 감사합니다. 그녀는 훌륭한 두번째 생일 이었어요! 그녀는 일 그녀에 대해 알고 있었어 정말 즐거웠습니다. 그녀는 당신이 그녀에게 보낸 뽀로로 퍼즐을 사랑 했어. 일 그래도 당신은 그녀를 위해 보낸 분홍색 신발을하는 곳이라는 걸 좋아하는 선물. 그녀는 그들을 사랑 했어. 그들은 진짜로 그녀의 개성에 맞게. 그녀는 작은 공주처럼 행동!
우리는 그녀와 진정으로 당신이 그녀에게 보여준 큰 관심에 감사와 사랑에 빠져있다. 그녀는 잘 우리의 가족으로 조정하고 우리는 당신이 그녀에게 준 사랑 때문에 알아.
다시 한번 감사드립니다. 우리는이 내년 한국에서 당신을보고 희망을!
그녀는 세계를 여행 준비되도록 은혜 진 크리스마스에 그녀의 여권을 받고있다.

















Hopefully the above message is translated somewhat correctly from this message here on the bottom.)
(Thank you for the birthday gifts for Eun Jin. She had a great second birthday! She knew the day was about her and really enjoyed it. She loved the Pororo puzzles that you sent for her. Her favorite gift that day though was the pink shoes you sent for her. She loved them. They really fit her personality. She acts like a little princess!
We are so in love with her and truly appreciate the great care you showed her. She has adjusted very well to our family and we know it is because of the love you gave to her.
Thank you again. We hope to see you in Korea this coming year!
Eun Jin is getting her passport for Christmas so she will be ready to travel the world.)

Happy Birthday Sweet Eun Jin!!! 2 Years Old.

The TREATS!!!


A cake fit for a princess!


Honoring the land of her birth






Look what I got!!! (She loves clothes)
















This is where the food goes!




"I have engraved you on the palms of my hands."-Isaiah 49:16



Eun Jin had a wonderful 2nd birthday. It was great to see her really "get" it! She loved opening the gifts and sensed that the day was all about her.
She had a princess birthday again because this girl really does act like a princess...
I loved how the little cake bites with the Korean flag turned out. We really like to honor her birth country especially on her birthday.

The Moments They Are Missing

Some moments you can never share completely. They are so special. Some of them are rare. What about the things that you just can't describe-you have to live it to see/feel it.
Eun Jin does so many cute things and has such cute faces for different feelings.
She has routines and habits that help her feel safe, secure and loved.
She is a "loud" personality and makes life interesting.
I look at her and think all the time about the things that her other two mamas are missing. Her birth mother and her foster mother. They both have love for her in their own ways.
We are so lucky to have Eun Jin in our lives every single day. It brings me to terrible sadness to think about these other two mothers that are being left behind.
I can never fully explain the look of her face when she is nervous. How she gets a little tense and then starts to look for her belly button.
I can take pictures of the cute little dimple on her right cheek but I cannot show the time line of it becoming more distinct over the last several months.
I will never be able to share with her birth mother the different sounds of her cries. When she needs help, when she is hurt and when she is being dramatic and just faking it.
Eun Jin is lucky, she had a wonderful foster mother that took care of her for many months and I am sure knew her different cries, but what about going forward. She is missing the cute learning to talk phase. The little moos and oink, oinks that really make me smile. I wonder if she is having a difficult time trying to form the words because of her time in Korea. We brought her home about the time she would have started to speak Korean. She screws her little mouth up or purses her lips when trying to say words. It is almost like her brain is trying to speak a different language and then she persists and English words come out. How do I explain to her and her "mothers" that she speaks English and there was no where to send her for Korean lessons... I have looked. Nothing is available. I have CD's and books but is that enough? I am not a good resource for that I have a hard enough time with English how would I learn Korean and to teach it!!!
How do you pick which photos to put in an album to send across the ocean? How do you define your shared little girl so that those who love her also "know" her...
I can't do it. I know that I can't. I have tried. I have cried tears countless times filled with guilt.
This little bird that came across the ocean with me cannot be defined in black and white. She is so colorful, so vibrant and I cannot gather it all up and send back. I really do want to share her but feel so helpless with my attempts.

ClownsRUs...

Look Who Is 2!

This IS my two year old attitude!







I love that Eun Jin's dimple is starting to show up in pictures.
She is such an easy baby. Rarely do we have episodes that would lead us to believe that she is two...Not so terrible around here!