While we are pregnant we count the weeks until our due date. The
biggest milestone is crossing the threshold of your first trimester. It
gives you a sense of relief, a knowing that the baby will be okay. Twenty
weeks marks the halfway point and typically the time you can get a
glimpse of whether it's a boy or girl. By then, the countdown begins.
After
our little ones have arrived, we begin counting all over again. Our two week old, four week old, six week old, and so
on. Slowly the weeks turn into months as we anticipate the milestones
of rolling over, the first tooth, sitting up, first foods, crawling, walking
and talking.
Braden and I arrived to Korea four weeks ago today. In those short
weeks we have done, seen and accomplished so much. We have, like infants
do, grown and changed quite a bit. We started to learn a new
language and culture. We have adapted a new cuisine. We eat with
chopsticks and take off our shoes at the door. We have taken the subway fifty-two times and the bus four times. We have explored fifteen subway stops,
traveled from one end of Seoul to the other, visited seven new parks and playgrounds, the aquarium, the zoo, and attended a traditional Korean
concert and Lantern Festival. We shop at open markets and carry our shopping dolly with us. We have made nine new friends and have had seven playdates. We started a MeetUp and have eight new members. We even signed up
for a Korean art class.
And this is just the beginning, because just like infants, we have a lot more growing and learning to do.
Stay tuned...
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As I started to read this I thought i would be congratulating you on some big news. Hehe ;)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations anyways on this wonderful journey you get to experience and soak up everything it has to offer!
Xoxo
I love how open you are to Korean culture and the Seoul all about you. You are a fabulous example for our son. Thank you.
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