Seoul In Love: Kai in action

Early Friday morning we received an email from our social worker telling us that Holt was able to get a video of Kai and it was in the mail. I thought the agency was waiting to receive it and then within the next week it would be on its way to us. She quickly responded that they already received the package and that we should be receiving it that day or in the next few days. Well, the mail lady came and went that day so I thought for sure we would have to wait until Monday. Much to our surprise it was in the mail on Saturday. I saw the mail truck coming up the road and had a slight hope that she was carrying a precious package. As she pulled around the turn I saw a large envelope and my heart skipped a beat. When I read who the package was from I started jumping up and down and began to tear up. I am almost positive the mail lady thought I was a little crazy or had just won the lottery. It was even better...video of our sweet baby boy!

I haven't talked on here much about Kai's special need. He was born with a malformation of his left ear and it was also noted that he had abnormal posture. We spoke with Riley about some concerns we had and she said that with each well baby check we have been given he is doing extremely well, and is right on target developmentally. He has perfect hearing in his right ear and has partial hearing loss in his left. As far as his posture, it was noted that he could sit up assisted and that he was receiving physical therapy each week.

The doctor asked if we could request his brain MRI to see if he had an ear canal on his left side to see what treatment he would need once he was home. She was also interested in a video to see his posture and interaction with others. Videos are rarely given out, so we are very blessed to have even gotten one. Since videos are not common, we figured it would only be a few minutes long...five minutes tops. It was over 20 minutes and taken over a span of three days. I can't get enough of his smile and his little belly laugh. He seems to be doing GREAT...sitting up on his own, crawling (well, the army crawl), and smiling ear to ear. Such a happy boy and we couldn't be happier. Here is a few small pieces from the video. Enjoy!

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Here are a few pictures we snapped from the video. They aren't the best, but still cute!