New Hampshire in October, Pumpkin Patches and Halloween!!

Tae has had a great Fall of Firsts!! Tae and I went on our first plane ride together!! We went to New Hampshire to see my mom and dad and for Tae to meet his uncle Matt and cousin Delia!! He had a blast. While there he met his first horse and cow up close, saw beautiful fall foliage and Mt. Washington, went to his first soccer game and saw a moose!!! Back at home we have enjoyed taking him to 2 pumpkin patches, carving our first pumpkin and watching our little monkey on Halloween. What a joy it is to experience these things through his curious eyes. Here is alot of new pics of 16 month old Tae!!

Almost home 6 months and getting so big!!

Tae is coming into his own, talking more, showing more emotion (like saying no, ha ha), going to gymboree to meet some friends, and he has finally learned to chew real food!!! At 15 months now, he continues to amaze us everyday. Soon Tae and his mommy will make their first plane trip to New Hampshire! He will finally get to meet his Uncle Matt and Cousin Delia! We can't wait. Love, The Hobbs

Summer with Grammy, Tedderfarm, and Tae's Baptism

Tae has had a great summer so far. Tae's Grammy Carstens was here most of the summer to help me after my ACL repair. She just left on Monday. Tae loves his Grammy and I know Grammy is sad without her Tae!!! Tae is doing so well. He is reading several words after using Your Baby Can Read, he makes the sounds of over half the letters of the alphabet and uses a ton of baby signs, all at only 14 months!!! He is so smart and so funny too, he loves to laugh and be silly with his dada. He recently went to my sister's house and picked apples on Tedderfarm. He loved doing this with his Papa Tom. He was also baptized on August 8th and it was such a beautiful sight to see our little Tae become one of God's precious angels. Enjoy these pics of the summer!! Love, The Hobbs

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!!!