Our Second Visit
Today we had our second visit with Benjamin. It went really well, thankfully. We were able to take him out in a stoller and walk around Seoul for about 25 minutes. He loves to be outside strolling around. He babbled a bit, tried to remove his socks, and when that didn’t work, he began chewing on his toes ;-). Oh, he also discovered daddy’s watch, which he loved to hold onto and chew. (Can I just say that you have to watch out for not only the TONS of people on the street, but also motorcycles and cars as well. Yes, every so often, someone will drive on the sidewalk to create a shortcut.) When we got back to Eastern, we took him to the “playroom” and played for a while. He was fine the whole time until he saw his foster father peek in the room. As soon as he sees foster dad/foster mom, he cries for them. We decided to go on another walk. He was fine, so we returned to Eastern - back to the playroom. He was a little fussy, but a banana took care of that. He was all about play after that. In fact, he really didn’t want to leave. — Mrs. Oh, our case worker, is letting us take the stroller home because he really seems to enjoy being pushed around in it. We’re hoping that will help calm him if he’s upset.
We really have nothing scheduled for the next few days. We are going to take it easy tomorrow morning, find a Starbucks (should be easy as they are all over the place around here), and jump on the subway to visit a few different neighborhoods.
We are scheduled to see Benjamin again on Monday. We get to play for a while before the farewell prayers.
