Some Much to Do

Yesterday we went to a Korean BBQ with our friends Alice and Wade. We all got the Bulgogi and it was delicious. Basically they cooked the meat on a bed of hot coals.

We then walked to the Korean Walmart called E-Mart. It had a bit of everything in it. I got the kids some learning chopsticks. Leah got Helly Kitty ones that light up. They are connected on the end to help the kids learn how to use them. I realized I should have bought a pair for myself!

On the walk back we noticed the sign below. It said "The Style Gym" and had a picture of a big fat American eating popcorn. We all got a huge chuckle out of it!


We all went to dinner (Alice and Wade and Mindy and Lee) to a mall nearby. We ate at a Noodles and Garlic Chicken at a Chinese Restaurant. They have Sbarro, coldstone and TGIF at this mall!


I took a Lunest and 2 Tylenol PMs last night and wound up sleeping from 9:30pm to 9:30am. For me that is a record! I feel much better today. Here is a picture of the coffee shop that is our daily morning ritual.


The other couples got to tour the reception center at the social welfare center. Alice said there must of been 40 babies on one floor waiting for foster homes and there was another floor of them below. The social workers each have 90 babies on there workload and there are 5 social workers in the office! That's a lot of babies. Milon and I were in the elevator yesterday with a group of 15 pregnant teenagers.

On a lighter note, I love Korea. It is so clean, safe and the people are very friendly. I am amazed at how tall the people are! Apparently, Koreans are the tallest of all Asians. Milon said that this is so much different from China. He said the people here are much more social and a lot more speak English.

Today, we basically ate and shopped our way through the Namendam Market which is the largest shopping market in the nation! We are beat from the walking and the cold! We bought a ton of gifts for Emma and the kids.


Here is me in an underwear frenzy. I think the man with the microphone was saying the underwear was free based on how many people were in here! I wound up buying nothing here! Can you pick me out! Look for the only one with light hair!

We saw a huge line for some kind of dumpling so we got in line to try one also. We must have waited 30 mins for one of these! They were delicious. They were filled with noodles, cabbage, carrots and a bunch of other stuff. Some poor old lady was working so hard to make them!




Then we saw another long line and hit up that one. These were filled with meat and cabbage. They came in spicy and nonspicy. They were delicious as well. I can't believe how much rice, noodles and fried food they eat here! Not to mention how spicy everything is!



Here are some other scenes from the market.


Here is a picture of all the loot we bought at the market! The funniest thing is the hat with the fake hair! Do you remember the referral pictures with the fake hair! When we saw the hat we had to buy it!



Here is a picture of Emma from the picture album the foster mother gave us. See Davis and Leah! I sent a care package over with photos and she took a picture of Emma holding it! She even gave me pictures of her at 2 months old!



Now for the strange happening of the day. Milon and I were in the subway station heading home when we see a lady who looks like our foster mom. We stand around waiting for her to turn around and she does and it's her! She recognizes us and we start to talk (although she only speaks Korean!). She had a different baby with her! She tried to tell us where Emma was but we didn't know what she said. We are assuming Emma is at the baby reception home where we are staying and she has a different baby. I don't know. It was so strange because she lives an hour away! She must have been here for some reason. Maybe we will find out on Friday.

By the way, did I say we get Emma on Friday at 2pm? I am so worried about feeding her because the FM said she ate a ton! How am I getting chicken and rice! The E-Mart did have packets of rice that you heat up so I bought one but the chicken might be hard! We are going to have to make a trip back to pick up some food. I thought babies ate baby food at 9 months but apparently not!