the last little while at home was spent finalizing some wedding plans and visiting with friends. after getting the dress ordered, we found a location (for the ceremony and reception), a pastor and a musician. the rest i think i can manage from korea or do when i get home in the summer. what a blessing to have gotten that much done before i had to come back to korea!


here are some cute photos of lilyanna from before we came back:


our angel:most often mommies have to multitask. here i am in the thick of it!
lilyanna in a hand-me-down from cousin mallory. that was a great thing about being home.....going through mallory's outgrown clothes. they sure won't be needing them for hudson, so we got a whole wardrobe for lilyanna!

lilyanna has a jungle gym something like this one back here in korea. auntie wendy was kind enough to lend us theirs while we were home. lilyanna loves lying under the toys, reaching and playing.

lilyanna having a great time in the bumbo. auntie wendy also lent us theirs while we were home. we have one here that lilyanna enjoys sitting in now.

oh...SO...cute!

we had a great time at home. it was very busy: christmas at the thornes, sip'n'see at nana and grampy's, visiting the changs in milwaukee, back to the thornes to meet hudson, wedding dress shopping, wedding planning, visits from friends.........it was hard to leave. but we'd been away from daddy for 3 weeks, so we were excited to see him.

now on to my workshops for birth and postpartum doula (in one week!).....and then we have about 4 months to pack up our 11 years of living in korea. i want to live in north america, but leaving what we know and going into the unknown is a bit scary. please pray that we find a place we should be in and jobs etc. i like my life in korea, but i've had enough of being so far from family.