We have been home for five days!

Well, after three long flights with very little sleep (and one vomitimg episode on Hannah's part) we were welcomed home by a wonderful crowd of family and friends holding signs welcoming us and Hannah home at the Mpls. Airport. It was a wonderful way to begin Hannah's entry into the United States - to show her how much she is loved! I of course saw all the people as we came down the escalator and the tears began streaming!

We have been home now for five days and we are doing pretty good. Hannah is beginning to adjust to all her new surroundings but is resisting sleep - day and night. It has been a little rough. At first the only way she would sleep was when she was being cradled and rocked. We think this is because this is how she feels most secure during this huge time of transition. However, it has made for some very long nights for mom and dad - mostly mom! The last couple nights we have had success to get her to sleep for a 4-5 hour stretch holding our hand next to us. She has been amazingly still happy and calm (hardly fussing at all) during the day but today she has begun to become a little more fussy. We are hoping this means she is beginning to work through her loss and can therefore begin to feel more secure with us (and that she is tired enough that she will sleep =)). We have been told and have read that these poor babies need to go through a period of grieving but wasn't sure exactly what this looked like. There are definitly times when you can tell that she is feeling like things just aren't right (yet!!). Please pray that we can endure this process with peace and patience and that her little heart will heal and that she can fully embrace our family as her own. We are already so head over heals in love with her and can not wait for her to feel the same way! A good sign is that she is showing moments where she will smile and giggle or cuddle in to Mom and Dad- we treasure these moments as they help us get through her periods of grief. Adoption is truly an amazing work of God and we trust in him to bring our little Hannah peace! Here are some pictures of our time in Korea and of our homecoming - for some reason they are not posting, we will keep trying! Thank you for sharing in this very special time with us!