Tae's Birthday

Tae has been home 3 months.....and a couple days!

Tae has been home three months and continues to amaze us everyday. I know you probably won't believe this since he is only 12 months old, but he knows the sounds for several letters of the alphabet, actually he knows 10 letter sounds!!! It's just crazy! He absolutely loves to learn and continues to be a little book worm. He would probably be perfectly happy to sit down most of the day and just listen to us read to him. His grammy has been staying with us for over two weeks now to help me take care of him after I had my ACL repaired on June 18th. I never could have taken care of him at first without her help. Here are just a few new pics of the little man!

Tae is 1 year old!!! Happy Birthday Tae!!!

Our little boy is already one!!! He had a great party with family and the Tuckers!! My friend Dawn made a beautiful cake that looked like the emblem on his hanbok, which is the tradtional korean clothing that children wear on their first birthdays. Tae's foster mother sent a hanbok with him when he arrived in America and it is just gorgeous!!! My friend Megan took beautiful pictures of him in his hanbok when we were at the beach a few weeks ago. You will see these phenomenal pictures above as well as pictures from memorial day and his first birthday. We also followed another Korean tradition at his first birthday and had our guests light a candle for Tae to have good blessings in the next year and in his life. Ben and I also lit a candle for his birthmother who we are so thankful to for giving Tae life and for his foster family who took such good care of our son. We would like to continue this tradition every year. Thanks also to Aunt Jill, for taking over 400 pictures of Tae at his first birthday and taking hours to photo shop out a boo-boo on his face. We love you Aunt Jill!! As always, we hope you enjoy looking at our beautiful son!!!

Two Months Home!!!

Tae has been home two months and he is such a joy! It feels like it has been longer than two months with our son. He is doing beautifully. He has gone to the swimming pool for the first time, and a wedding at my sister's house, where he was just the star of the party!!. Last weekend we went on our first family vacation to Oak Island with our friends Megan, Shane and their children Rique and Reece. We had a blast!! Tae started taking a few steps the week of May 7th and now he is walking all over, but still a little wobbly at times and very accident prone!! He is talking more, (maybe only words a mom and dad could understand) but he says juice, baba, mama, and dada, ball, bubbles and more. He is so fascinated by everything always pointing and chattering. He is also sleeping in his own crib now, what a big boy!! Mommy still sleeps on the floor in his room though....I probably need it more than him. We hope you enjoy the pics of Tae's firsts!! Love, The Hobbs Family

Freedom Park with Friends!!

Today we had a great morning with our friends Lisa and Alan and their beautiful girls Halli and Sam. We went on the swings, had a picnic, and the dads played a little football. Lisa and Alan and their children are like family to us and they will be known to Tae as Aunt Lisa and Uncle Tuck. We plan on having many more outings together!! It was perfect weather and we had such a great day. I love springtime!!

Almost 3 weeks home!

Tae is still doing awesome. He is so sweet and smart. At 10 months he has already learned how to put shapes in the shape sorter, play a little ball with his mom or dad, stack three blocks, points, and is beginning to wave bye-bye. When I ask him to hand me something he will and he loves to share food with his mom and dad and will reach up to put it in our mouths. The language barrier doesn't even seem to be an issue! I think it is because he is just so smart! He even likes to get strapped onto mommy in his ergo carrier to watch me vacuum the house. He loves to watch!! He is so funny. He is sleeping through the night with us and taking at least a two hour nap everyday. He wakes up smiling and clapping. He loves to eat and harass his dog siblings. I wrote a letter to his foster mother this week and sent her pictures of his first two weeks home so she could feel at peace in knowing that he is very  loved and well taken care of. We continue to feel so incredibly blessed everyday and I just love being a mom!!! Enjoy the new pics of our Tae!