Melissa | February 24, 2010
Would you believe me if I told you that Ty’s been home for 10 months this week?!?!? It’s not the 10 months that gets me. It’s how close 10 months is to a YEAR! In some ways, I can’t believe it’s been almost a year that we were in Korea. In other ways, it feels [...]
Melissa | January 6, 2010
As Ty picks up more grammar, phraseology, and vocabulary, we are becoming a bilingual family. Our second language is Ty-ese. While receptive and comprehensive abilities have made huge improvements (our therapists and specialists say they’ve never seen such a large jump in such a short period of time…then again, maybe because they’ve never worked with an [...]
Melissa | January 5, 2010
Ok, so I’m double-dipping in this Blog Hop since it’s running again.
Here’s the photographic remembrance of Ty’s first Grinch Reading.
Melissa | December 22, 2009
Exhibit A for why we need a padded room. This went on for about 45 minutes.
Melissa | December 18, 2009
It’s official.
After a short but very sweet (like Ty-got-to-adopt-a-teddy-bear-from-the-judge’s-collection kind of sweet) hearing adoption ceremony,
Ty is officially no longer an orphan.
Ty is officially a tax deduction.
Ty is officially an American.
Ty is officially a Corkum.
We are officially a family of FIVE!
Melissa | December 15, 2009
Ty’s original referral picture
So unlike biological children, parents do not look back on the birthdates of adoptive children and have memories of physical labor, hospital gowns, IVs, doctors, and nurses.
When Ty was born 3 years ago today, he wasn’t even a hope, dream, or prayer for us. Mia was 18 months old (the age at [...]
Melissa | December 9, 2009
Unlike the processes in many other foreign countries that allow children to be adopted into U.S. families, nothing legal happened while we were in Korea. I mean we didn’t do anything illegal. I just mean we didn’t appear before a judge, there was no courtroom, and no final adoption. We merely gained custody. Maybe the [...]
Melissa | November 12, 2009
*Thank Goodness Tomorrow’s Friday
7:00 AM Kids awake (Ty and Mia with stuffy noses cranky and whiney)
7:10 AM Ty throws a major fit because I won’t let him wear his favorite pants from Korea which carries over into breakfast where he can’t find anything to eat.
8:03-8:23 AM We listen to Ty whine and scream all the [...]
Melissa | November 3, 2009
When I returned home from my weekend away last week, Ty and Patrick were super-excited to show me that they had mastered “bagel” while I was away.
“So what?”
While Ty’s speech has come very far in the last 6 months, he struggles with poor enunciation. Being smart and strong-willed, he has figured out when we are [...]
Melissa | October 30, 2009
This morning I filed Ty’s finalization paperwork. For Korean adoptions, one does not adopt in country but Korea actually transfers guardianship to our agency. The actual legal adoption takes place about 6 months after placement. We had our last post placement visit yesterday which allowed us to file today. Now we just sit and pray [...]
