Settling in at home

Quinn thought it was very important to introduce Caden to Spiderman

Caden in his hanbok hat. I didn't try on the entire outfit, just the hat.



Caden just looking cute!

We have all settled in really good. Quinn continues to be a good big brother and just loves Caden. He still gets jealous every once in a while but I'm guessing that may continue to happen.

Caden is still doing good at eating, sleeping, sleeping in his crib, riding in the car, etc. He is such an easy baby. He is also a busy baby. No wonder he sleeps so much, he never stops moving! The past few days he has tried taking a few steps. He will definitely be walking very soon. He's still not eating from a spoon very good but we're trying rice cereal a few times a day. I sat him on the scale and he weighed 23.6 lbs. We go to the doctor on Tuesday for his 1st appointment.

Adam and I are doing good at handling 2 boys! It's busy with 2 and tiring. I'm already planning on a nap tomorrow. We ordered a double stroller and are looking forward to warm weather so we can take the boys on walks, and so we can go to the zoo.

Smiles

Caden is adjusting great so far and we're even starting to get some smiles and laughs!

C-A-D-E-N pics!!!!!!!!!!!

He's a thumb sucker!

The first smile I saw

It was time for a nap so I walked and bounced him and he fell right asleep

Whoa, check out that hair!

Another smile but he wasn't willing to take that thumb out of his mouth!

Mommy & Caden

A few more crazy hair pics




Seriously mommy, we have to take another plane ride (at the Chicago airport after our 12 hour flight from Seoul)

Daddy with his 2 boys!


The flight home was much better than the flight there. It was 2 hours shorter and just went by faster seeing that I had Caden to take care of. He did so good on the plane. He would be awake, we would play with toys and watch TV, he would then take a bottle and sleep for a while. He did this a few times and then the last 4 hours of the flight he was awake. He rarely cried, only when he was hungry.

Speaking of eating...WOW, he is an eater! He chugs 8 oz. bottles! His foster mom said she gave him rice cereal and bananas. I tried rice cereal and baby food but he's not really into it. As soon as the spoon is in his mouth he moves his head. He doesn't spit the food out though. So, we'll keep trying.

Our first night at home went really well. Caden gave Quinn a few smiles. He went right to Adam. He played with toys and was checking everything out. At 6:30 he was exhausted and fell asleep. He slept from 6:30-11:30, from 12:30-3:30, and 5:30-7:30....10 hours total!! He falls asleep easily (so far) and doesn't wake up when I put him in his crib (again, so far). I am surprised he sleeps in his crib because he was used to family/co-sleeping with his foster mom. So far so good. This is quite shocking for us....to have a good eater and a good sleeper as big brother Quinn is not really into either!

Quinn has so far adjusted well to having a baby brother. Last night he gave Caden lots of hugs and kisses. Quinn said Caden's crazy hair ticked him when he gave him kisses on his head. This morning Quinn said "Caden is not going to Korea. Caden is going to stay at my house.". I guess this means he realizes that Caden is here to stay!

I'll post pictures of our homecoming later. My wonderful cousin came with Adam and Quinn to the airport and took pics of us seeing each other as a family of 4 for the first time! She also got some really good ones of Quinn & Caden once we were home last night. They all turned out so good. I'll post those pics later.

Caden just woke up from his nap (2 hours!!!).

I'll update again soon!

We made it!

Just got settled into the hotel, 6:30 am OH time. Very tired but heading out to get something to eat and then going to sleep. Will update more tomorrow!

Travel info

Quinn in his big brother PJ's

I am leaving for S Korea on 2/17!! My flight leaves Columbus at 7 am. I fly to Chicago and then from there to Seoul. There are a total of 4 of us going. One other mom and 2 women who are just escorting. We are all in OH but all flying to Chicago from different OH airports. We are all on the same flight together from Chicago to Seoul. From Chicago to Seoul it's a 12-13 hour flight so we should arrive around 11:30 OH time, on the 17th. However, that will be 4:30 pm Seoul time on the 18th. So, I'm sure we'll be ready for bed as soon as we get to the hotel!





The 2 women who are going over to escort babies home have done this multiple times. I think one said this was her 7th trip and the other her 5th. They have each emailed suggested places to take us. So, we'll have our own free tour guides! I plan to buy some things to bring home for Caden as he gets older. I can check 2 suitcases with no addt'l charge so my plan is to pack one of them very light so I'll have room for everything I buy!





I know we will get to visit the babies one day while there. Our agency said we'll probably be there a 1/2 day. Then, we won't see them again until we are at the airport. I'm a little nervous as to how the flight home will go. We will get a bottle and a can of the Korean formula Caden is on. Our agency advised they sometimes send home a can of anti-diarrhea formula because the babies are sometimes so upset during this transition. So, we'll see how Caden and the other 3 babies do on the flights home. I know Quinn's first day with us he slept all day. I think that was just his way of dealing with the transition. Sleeping is not Quinn's thing...he has never been and still isn't a sleeper! We're hoping Caden is a good sleeper.





I think Quinn has realized Caden will be coming home very soon. We've been talking about it for a while but now we are bringing out the baby stuff. The highchair is in the kitchen, I washed bottles tonight and we went through Caden's closet last night. So, Quinn has been a little off. All of a sudden he is really clingy (clingy is normal for him but this is extreme), calling me mama and Adam dada instead of the usual mommy/daddy, and we're back to crying when I drop him off at daycare which hasn't happened in probably 4-5 months. Quinn is also a huge daddy's boy and will say that daddy cannot hold, hug, or kiss Caden and that only mommy can. Hopefully he'll adjust ok. I'm sure it will just take time.





The hotel in Seoul has a business center according to their website so I'll try to update the blog. However, if I update it there probably won't be any pictures. I'll have to upload pictures once I'm home.