Quota

I just wanted to write a quick post about the quota in Korea for those of you I forgot to tell. A couple months ago we found out that Korea passed a policy stating that they would expedite all adoptions to Korean heritage families. We were hopeful that we would be able to travel to Korea to bring Aiden home this fall because of this. However, a couple weeks ago we found out that the quota has now been met and that this policy is taking a long time to implement and probably won't affect our case at all. We were very disappointed but are just taking this time to enjoy being a family of three before the craziness of bringing home another child begins. I typically hate winter, but I am actually looking forward to January this year because that's when things will start moving in Korea again! We would appreciate your prayers that things will move quickly once the new year comes. Our baby is hardly a baby anymore. The last update stated that he is now 33 inches tall, 26 pounds, and has 16 teeth! I try not to think about all the milestones I'm missing!

Apple Orchard

A couple weeks ago we went to Crane's Orchard. The weather was beautiful! It felt more like August than early October. When we arrived we looked all over for a cart that we could use to transport our apples. We couldn't find one anywhere. But then all of a sudden Jordan came walking up pulling this cart. Leave it to him to find anything that has wheels!

Jordan only picked a couple apples before his shoes got wet from the grass. He can not stand it when his shoes have even a drop of water on them and has to take them off immediately. I told him that if he took off his shoes he had to ride in the cart. That was fine with him! He enjoyed being pulled around while eating an apple.

Here we are on a hay ride. Jordan loved this and kept wanting to stand on the hay so he could get a better look at the tractor.

Here's Jordan getting ready to go for a ride on the cow train. I thought he might try to get me or Luke to ride with him but he showed absolutely no fear or hesitation about riding alone.

Jordan spent a long time playing on this little tractor when we stopped for cider and donuts. For once he was more interested in something other than his food!

Here's a little sneak peak at part of Jordan's Halloween costume. It's not hard to guess what he is going to be. He is so excited!!