Our little boy turns three tomorrow. It's sort of hard to believe. As hard as life might be, and as tiring as the ongoing 'discussion's' with the school district might be - and this is the first of 14 years!!!! - we cannot imagine life without him. Around this time of year I think about his birth mum a lot. I am so thankful that she chose life for him, it was a very brave thing to do. However, I also feel some frustration with her for not telling the agency she had been diagnosed with some IQ related issues. Fragile X comes directly from a child's mother, and while the mother doesn't have to be affected by it, she certainly can. When we heard that she told a different agency (one she used with her second son, Iann's young half-brother) about these issues, that lead us to genetic testing and the final diagnosis. Regardless, I am happy she gave Iann life, and happy he is ours.
Here are some pictures of the 3 party's we had for Iann since we got him: his first, second and third birthday party's :)
At Iann's first birthday, it just so happened that my sister and her family were visiting from England, and Jon's parents were here from AZ, so we had a big, family party. Both boys look so little!!!
In Korean culture, the kids wear traditional Hanbok's and Iann's foster mum sent one for both Brynn and Iann to wear on Iann's first birthday.
For Iann's second birthday we had friends come over for a water and cupcake party:
And for this years birthday, we had all the same people, with water and cupcakes again!!!
Next year, it is likely that we'll do the same thing again!!! What's the saying? Why fix something that isn't broken? :)
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