Monday, November 8, 2010

sae chingoo deul. {new friends}

now that the awkwardness is behind us (and thanks for coming out and showing your lovely faces. i so appreciate it!), let's talk about something fun, yeah?

this past saturday, our church had a food festival where lots of korean yumminess was promised. i invited some local blog buddies to come out and it was so fun eating, chatting, and hanging out with these other mommas.

of course, i whipped out the camera to capture some of the fun!

kala drove over 2 hours to come hang out and i'm so glad she did! matthew is even cuter in person. for reals. this was the fourth time i've met up with sandra and the third time i saw ben. and this time, he let me hold him! :) it was a very proud moment for me. :)
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ben and matthew were too busy checking each other out to pay attention to the camera. and good thing, cause i don't know if my lens would have been able to handle the cuteness had they both been looking at me!

some more sizing up:
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i wish i had gotten a shot of matthew shoveling japchae in his mouth -- it was too cute!

we ate lots of delicious food, including one of my favorites and yours, hodduk! hannah, jen's little girl, could not get enough!
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after stuffing ourselves, we headed out to the playground so the littles could play. they were so cute exploring and walking around:
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ben was very interested in the twigs and the mulch:
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matthew LOVED the swing. his little legs were kickin' up a storm and he was laughing the cutest laugh.
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ben was squealing, but i'm not sure if they were squeals of delight or terror. sandra?
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matthew enjoyed watching the cars. kala wasn't kidding when she said that this boy loves his vroom-vrooms!
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and ben? checkin' out more the mulch. :)
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so fun seeing ben and matthew play! can't wait til choi boy is home and he can join in on their mulch-exploring/squealing-and-swinging/car-watching fun!

and finally, the obligatory group shot:
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from left to right -- kala, jen (who was matched this past july and is patiently waiting for her little guy to come home!), sandra, me, and becky (who was matched with her son in september is waiting for his homecoming, too.).

this is why i love the blogging community -- the friendships i have made with these ladies (and many others of my amazing bloggy friends!) have kept me sane through this wait...and i am so excited for the day when all our littles will be home and *they* will be friends.

makes my heart smile. :)

18 comments:

  1. it's awesome how you are already building close ties with the adoption community. your little one will be able to jump right in when he comes home. :)

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  2. yay!!! so fun! it's such an amazing and supportive community isn't it?! i was hoping you'd have a post about your get together!!

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  3. So cool! Wish I could have come, darn football. ;) But Ben enjoyed his last game. The adoption community is wonderful and I'm so happy to have met such amazing people (yourself included of course). We need to think about a time to get together soon! Sandra and I have both mentioned this so let's set a date. I won't hold it against you if you have to miss it to go to Korea. ;)

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  4. It was great to meet you!! We had fun and I can't wait to meet your son next time !!!

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  5. I love when bloggy friends get together. Glad you had a great time!

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  6. How fun! Okay, I'm a little jealous because I wish I lived closer! Looks like you had a great time and Choi Boy is going to have some great buddies to hang out with!

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  7. LOVE the group shot at the end! What a great meet-up!

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  8. I love this!!! You know how I feel about blog buddies becoming "real-life" buddies... so I big, fat, fluffy heart love this! Yipppeee!!

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  9. Awesome! I love it when bloggy friends meet in real life. Matthew and Ben are so cute together - can't wait until Choi Boy is playing with them next time!!

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  10. How very fun! And so nice of you to invite your local blog buddies. Those boys are just adorable!

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  11. I love when blog friends meet in person! Matthew and Ben are so cute!!! What a fun event with a lot of yummy food:-)
    Kimberly

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  12. hay there. so neat to have this little community around you! looking forward to and waiting with you for the day you get to bring choiboy to these events too...

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  13. So fun to meet blog friends, IRL. Yeah for blogs!

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  14. We had a great time, thank you so much for inviting us. Ben LOVED it there.

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  15. What great photos! It looks like it was a fantastic event!

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  16. How fun that you were able enjoy the event with your blog buddies! Looks like a great time was had by all! :)

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  17. Looks like you all had a lot of fun. I am jealous of the FOOD. Yum! It certainly looks like your camera is ready for taking photos of a certain cute little boy now...you've had some good practice with these cuties! ;-) Soon!

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  18. This is one of the reasons why I love blogs so much, you create such awesome friendships!

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