Brian Lewis JinHo Levine
This page is a little corner of the web for Brian, our new adoptive
son.
3/17/06 We have lift off...
A Crate full of toys, and a dertermined boy...
Being a big, strong, curious fellow, Brian has quickly discovered that
he can pull himself up, and get at the toys in the crate in his
"safe" play area. He took about five minutes to hook his arms
over the edge of the create, slowly inch up to it, and then...
Up he goes... Now then. This one looks interesting....
Look, Dad, Stop with the Camera, I'm trying to do something here...
3/3/06 Two kids, two grins, wow!
2/24/06:
2/24/06 -- Brian in our hotel room in Seoul...
For those who are detail focused:
Brian was born in Busan Korea, on August 13, 2005.
(So he's six and a half months old, as I type) He was a healthy 7 lbs,
and had grown like mad to be a very respectable 20 lbs. He's in
the 90th percentile for both height and weight, so, big, and only
slightly chubby.
I've started building a nice set of pages for the trip, but it's going
to take a while. So, click HERE
to goto the new page. The old content is below for
now.
The Old page
Pictures
from our agency
2/20/206 -- We get to meet brian at our Agency in Seoul
Our first meeting
2/23/2006
We went to visit the foster parents today. A few picture from that
visit, and one from Seoul, at night..
Parents,
Plural -- Our family, and the foster parents
One Determined
Kid
And the reason he's so interesting in moving...
Lunch --
Hospitality tour de force
And lastly, a hint of Seoul, at night...
MyongDong
by nght
2/24/2006
On Friday morning, we got in a little more exploring...
Every once in a while, you get reminded that Korea is a very different
place...
We also got a chance to buy Samantha a Hanbok, which is the traditional
Korean dress, she'll get to wear it for his first
Birthday. (And since people have asked, this is at the Korean Folk
Village, which recreates traditional Korean village life. They
had a great shop, and spoke pretty good english, and we knew we wanted
Samantha to have the Hanbok, so...
And then it was on to the agency...
Here's Brian's flightbag...
And ready to go....
This is a pretty emotional moment for everyone, especially for the
foster parents...
And then...
Exploring toes in our hotel room...
Saturday, 2/25/2006
So, now we were all together. Of course, we were also 7000 miles from
home... So...
It's off to the airport. South Korea's just opened up Seoul Inchon
airport, which is briight and shiny, and very much the modern airport.
Why is could be anywhere, until you notice the Korean on the lugage
carts.
We schlepped Seoul-Tokyo-New York, but American Airlines was wonderful
and had blocked out a bulkhead row with a basinet for
the long haul segment from Tokyo . Brian happily slept most of the way.
and then....
Home! With a dolphin to play with.
Pictures at home...
Well, I'm busy editing up a more complete set of pages for the trip,
but Brian keeps doing fun things, so here's a few
pictures, while I try and catch up...
Boy, that solid food is oh so Yummy!
What infants can do with their joints is impressive. I don't bend that
way. Yes, He's propping the bottle up with his leg. He actually
seems to like this position, I've caught him doing it several times.
This time, I was sitting with the camera nearby, so I could put down
the laptop and
catch him at it.