What did you say?

We found out Tuesday that Lauren will have to have ear tubes put in again. Sigh. She was doing good before, but the doctor found fluid behind her ears at her appointment in March, and still there in April. A hearing test confirmed that she has some hearing loss in her right ear, and the left ear was starting to drain. It also could tell that the hearing loss was due to the fluid, and she would be fine once that was taken care of. So, Monday morning we will head off to get tubes placed. The third time this poor child has been under anesthesia!

Gabriel did get to meet his great-grandma, who loved him to death, and his Aunt Rei, Uncle Steve and cousins Toni and Amber and their significant others, and some good family friends. It was a good visit, and Steve and I actually got to go out! We put Gabriel to bed and went to see Night at the Museum. It was nice to get away. Unfortunately, Gabriel has not transitioned back home very well at all. He has been quite fussy, and threw a few temper tantrums, as far as we can tell. Today he has decided to skip his morning nap. Here's to hoping that he takes a long afternoon nap (knowing Gabriel, that is unlikely).

We are looking forward to seeing our social working from Bethany this weekend, seeing some friend we met through Bethany Christian Services, and a send off picnic to a family from our church that is moving on. And Grandma and Grandpa Prough arrive on Sunday night to help out during Lauren's surgery. We also are looking forward to Harabodgy (Korean Grandpa) coming next month for a visit. We'd love to see Halmoni (Korean Grandma) too, but the trip is too hard for her to take.

Here are some pictures.

We'll laugh about this later

So we put Gabe to bed last night, and being it is finally hot in Indiana, we left the blanket sleeper/sack off of him. He screamed for quite a while, so I went in to see if anything was wrong (he's been a bit sick this past week). Nothing was wrong, but he was not happy, and very tired, per the almost closed eyes. So I told him he was ok and left the room. He continued to cry hard, so I went back in and put him in the sleeper. I think he was asleep in 5 minutes. Who would have thought that he would attach himself to the sleeper! Do they make these in toddler size?

We bought the girls a swingset after much searching and trying to find something that wasn't outragously expensive. Reason being is that our old metal swingset that came with the house was crumbling apart. It is going to take us forever to get this thing together. Actually, it is going to take Steve forever to get this thing together. It's just a cheapy from Toys R Us (hard to say that with the price we paid), but hoping it will entertain and last through Gabriel.

Looking forward to Gabriel getting to meet (Lord willing) his great grandma and some other family this weekend that we haven't seen in a very long time. Hope everyone has a wonderful, peaceful, safe Memorial Day weekend.

Happy Mother's Day

Friday was an eventful day, with Steve's car having the starter go out. I missed my hair appointment, but otherwise, it worked out better than if it happened to Steve in Indy. And we still got to head out for the weekend. And, Praise God, the starter was under warrenty, so all we had to pay for was the tow and labor.

Unfortunately, Steve's Grandma, who was SOOOO looking forward to seeing Gabriel, had the flu, and we were not able to see her. We are hoping to go back up for Memorial Day weekend so she can see him. I know she was very disappointed.

The weekend went very well. The girls loved seeing their grandparents so much that they couldn't sleep until 10 both nights. Argh. Gabriel did excellent on the drives and sleeping. He woke just before 6 the first morning, and around 7:30 the second. And we enjoyed some YUPS ice cream and Blue Gate breakfast. Ah.

Gabriel accepted the holding from many family, but it was encouraging to see him look to us when he was held. He did have a hard time sleeping in the middle of the night Sunday, but overall, I think he did such a great job for all he was put through.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day! Thank you Lord for our Mothers.

April showers bring May flowers

Here is a picture of Gabriel with one of his favorite toys, and words: ball


Not to be outdone, a couple weeks ago I was busy talking with a friend (surprise, surprise) and next thing I knew Lauren had (finally) grabbed her big girl bike with training wheels and started riding! Way to go Lauren!


Just a little pic of Mommy and Gabriel. We were trying to get a smile from him.


Hopefully in the next few weeks I can get some more pics, especially since he had his first haircut yesterday. It is so short compaired to what it was! Ok, it was probably close to 2 months since he had one, but still. He cried:( Then I found that he had either a rash on the back of his head, or he scratched it until it started to bleed. I guess we won't be doing frequent haircuts with him.

Sunday, April 19 or 26, he said his first English word for us. He said what sounded like "ball" and "apple." I ran and got a ball and an apple and just kept going over and over with him what they were. We heard them very frequently the first week or more, and he'll still say them throughout the day. The doctor said this would be very early (really questioning if he really was saying it). But I have witnesses. Last Sunday we laughed because during church he clearly said the sound "ah-pah," which is Korean for daddy. Our Korean friends were there and heard it too. So he's said daddy in English and Korean, but what about poor mom?

Well, he does make bubbles by saying "mmmmmah" so I'm working with him to try to say "mma mma." I got a couple today that sounded like mama, so I'm heading in the right direction. I also think I may be getting "kisses." He will come at me with his mouth wide open (and full of slobber), and plant it on my lips (or my cheek if I move fast enough:)). He also leaned into me a couple times that seemed like it may have been the start of a hug.

Last Monday, April 27, Gabriel started crawling on his hands and knees. Before he was doing the Army crawl. Well, now he loves the faster transportation that comes with crawling on his hands and knees, so he is going places!

Oh, and he is sleeping better again. 3 nights of through the night, followed by moaning throughout the night foa a few days, followed by 3 nights of sleeping through the night. After the moaning and drooling like Niagra Falls, I got some homeopathic teething tablets that my sister in law raved about with her son. Seemed to help. Naps are pretty set now, and I even was able to get him to nap in his pack and play this week, preparing for the great visit north to see Great Grandma Bonnie, Grandpa and Grandma Prough, and Grandpa Edwards.

Happy Mother's Day!