Saying bye bye... for now

We had our third visit with Jonah Daniel today. We were lucky to get an extra visit because we stayed a few extra days. He met us at the adoption agency for some more play time. He only made it about 10 minutes without foster mom, so we can tell it's going to be difficult for him when we come back to get him. But as we have heard from so many other adoptive families and attachment experts, it is a good thing that he is so attached to his foster mom. He will be more likely to attach well to us. 

We left the cameras at the hotel today because we didn't want to be distracted by feeling like we needed to take pictures. We took a few on our phones but mostly focused on just being with him. He is a very curious little man. He likes to inspect every little thing within reach. We both took some time to walk around showing him everything. He really liked moving with the oscillating fan on the wall (mommy was melting as usual in Korea). 

We saw some other kids and adoptive parents and he just walked right up to them to see what they were up to. He was more chatty today but not knowing korean, I couldn't tell if he was using actual words or just babbling. His foster mom kept referring to us as Mommy and Daddy but we aren't sure if he knows what that means. Plus, mommy and daddy just left him behind, so I kinda hope he doesn't know what it means yet. 

After our visit, we got to go to his doctors appointment with him. Foster mom said he would cry when he saw the doctor, which is exactly what he did. Poor little guy knew a needle was coming before it even came out. It broke my heart to see him crying and have to leave him. Luckily he calmed down pretty quickly, gave us hugs, and waved bye bye to us as we left. 

It was a rainy day in Seoul today, which fit our moods as we left. We still have a full day in Korea before we head back but I don't really care what else we do now. Just want to get the next few weeks over with as quickly as possible. We're thankful for all the prayers and encouragement we have gotten. We'll just do what we've been doing... Stay busy and pray it goes fast.