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Amy made a cool little movie about Asher: Click To Play

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So, we’re back! Just wanted to point out a few highlights of the trip. We were able to spend a day and a night with our old friend Hyun–even got to meet his wonderful wife Kyung and his awesome little son Dae Un (probably botched the spelling there). Amy’s school mascot, Spike, has his picture [...]

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We know our travel schedule now…we’re flying out of PDX on Sunday (tomorrow!) around 5pm. Amy’s mom arrives a few hours before we leave, so we’ll just be tossing her the car keys and Truman and flying away. We’ll be returning to PDX on Thursday, May 26 at 8:32 pm on Asiana Airlines flight #6220, [...]

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Today we got the call that we’re cleared to travel to Korea to pick up Myung Hee. We figure we’ll leave early next week and be back the end of the week. Yay! I’ll write more as I find out our final travel schedule.

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So here’s the update on adoption. You know we’ve received a couple of photos and some biographical info on Myung Hee–that’s called an “assignment”. However, we won’t be traveling until probably June or July. It could be sooner, but it could also be later. Holt (the agency we’re going through) tells us to expect to [...]

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Here’s Myung Hee (click here for a birth picture):

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Time to really start thinking about baby names. Truman and his cousin Benjamin have been working overtime on it. Here are some of their ideas: Edwin Doodlebody Karate Kimo Natuchaka Bearison More to come, I’m sure.

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Just got word that we’re the proud parents of another boy! Not much in the way of details yet, but here’s what I know: Born Nov. 19th, 7lbs at birth. Name: Yoo Myung Hee We’ll get a picture and more info tonight. Yay for us!

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A couple of weeks ago we had to get fingerprinted for the adoption process. We did it when we adopted Tru as well, and you’d think that there’d be no expiration date on your fingerprints. Apparently fingerprints are only good for 15 months. When we were fingerprinted for Tru’s adoption, we had to go to [...]

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Well, the new adoption fund got off to a healthy start with a contribution from an old friend. Thanks again, old friend…you’re a blessing to us.

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