One year Forever Family Day!

It's hard to believe that a year ago today in Seoul we were handed the greatest gift of our lives - our son. We will forever remember the emotional intensity of that day for all of us - the joy we were experiencing, the loss Tae was enduring. One year ago today when we received him in our arms he probably wasn't sure what to think:

However, we're quite confident that he knows us as his mama and dada now. Here's a quick video I took last night:

Tae - mama/dada from Jana Schofield on Vimeo.

And, we're quite confident that he also knows the word no.... Here's a video my dad shot the other day (my parents were here for a few weeks - bless them!- while mama and dada went houseboating and mama recuperated from a laparoscopy).

Untitled from Jana Schofield on Vimeo.

Tae continues to bring unceasing joy to our lives - you can imagine that we laugh a lot! We delight in his recent explosion of words and are amazed at the things he understands - today he said four colors, and he can pick out several letters and even spell his name.

This summer we've been enjoying lots of fruit from our trees and berry plants - here's Tae this afternoon picking strawberries and stuffing them in his mouth (I, of course, loved the shirt he was wearing today!)

Tae has also recently been enjoying reading lots of books...

helping clean up...

beach combing...

and being the sweet silly boy we just love!

Happy First Forever Family Day, sweet Tae! We love you!!!!!