Here we are in Chicago! Jake and Jen slept a bit on the flight here while I caught up on some podcasts.

Our traveling partners are reWe made it to the international terminal without any issues. Jake and I walked around a bit but didn’t find much. This terminal is pretty sparse. We did walk by the horde of Korean Air flight attendants that will be on our flight. All of them had on the turquoise scarfs and all of them are almost as beautiful as my wife . I almost had to tap Jake to get him to stop staring.

I’ll take some photos while in flight and post them later, but for now, here is out plane.

Well, here we go! We are at MSP waiting to take off to go to Chicago to catch our flight to Seoul. We have already met another family going to pick up their daughter at the same agency! It is great to be with another family going through the same anxiety and excitement that we are.

Special thanks to our neighbor Russ who woke up earlier than the roosters to be our personal shuttle to the airport. And big ups to Steve Jobs for creating the iPhone to allow me to blog from my phone.

The excitement in the Johnston household is palpable this morning.  We had a great weekend and went out with some great friends (last moments of adult freedom for awhile).  We are getting our poop in a group this morning.  You would think we would have started packing by now, but we really aren’t the advanced packer kind of family.  My methods are very abstract, but it seems to work out…other than the time I forgot my bathing suit in Mexico.

Lots to do today…pick up more leaves in the yard, get Jake a haircut, get Lucy (dog) groomed, pick up last minute items from Target and a bunch of other stuff I am probably forgetting.

I have to say, it feels more real to me today.  Since we found out we are traveling, it hasn’t really hit me.  Jen will say things like, “We will meet Halle in 4 days” and that makes me really happy, but I am having a hard time imagining that it is really going to happen.  I know…ridiculous.

Ok, off to packing!  Check back soon!

Halle Rose

Imagine being pregnant for 3 1/2 years and not knowing your due date.

Frustration, anxiousness, happy, sad…the range of emotions our family has gone through during the process of our adoption (first with China and now with Korea) has been wide and deep.  This morning we got the call we have been hoping to get for 3 1/2 years…the call to go pick up our new daughter, Halle. [Read more...]