Second Meeting

The second meeting was so much better then the first! We got some smiles and even heard a little bit of a giggle. I was able to play with Abeni a bit without tears. Her foster mother also brought gifts to the meeting. She gave us a whole wardrobe for SooYeon as well as a gorgeous blanket that she crosstiched. She also gave us a Hanbok for SooYeon. She had fixed it so it would fit her now and in the future.

Abeni came to the meeting dressed in the most adorable poncho type coat it was white with black spots. She had just woken up so it took a few minutes for her to decide to smile and say hello. This time we came armed with snacks and found some noisy toys in the toy box. At first we just got a few timid smiles but after she had her bottle and a few "puffs" we got some giggles.

She was so funny about the puffs she was grabbing the whole container and trying to get them into her mouth. Her foster mom kept reminding her that she only needs to reach in and get one at a time. Too Cute! We also saw her holding her own bottle and spinning her little self all around on her tummy to get to toys, I got really brave and decided to try to hold her not on my lap but to sit close to her and touch her while she played with a drum. It was so wonderful to be able to touch her. She played happily like that for about five minutes. Small victory! She also thinks Michael is funny as long as he keeps his distance. :)

The best part of the meeting was hearing that tomorrow we get to go with her whole family to the "NICU reunion" at the hospital where she was born! We get to see her again! We get to meet her foster father and her foster brother. Also in our paperwork it says that SooYeon is very important to her foster mother since she is her first foster baby. It asks for lots of pictures as she grows up. We can do that for sure. We gave her our email when Mrs. Shin left the room to make copies of her footprints for the foster mother.