Guess who got a video of their daughter this week???
It's a 12-minute video taken the same day Emerson had her pictures taken in her red outfit. That's the day she came in to meet our agency's Korea director last month. Emerson was sweet and doing her own thing and didn't seem to care for all the attention on her. Her foster mom and social worker were doing their best to get her to play up to the camera. FM wanted her to stand and say hello. Her social worker kept telling her to wink. Yes, wink! They were singing songs to her and trying to get her to sing along and do hand movements. She didn't do any of it, lol. But through it all, she never cried or got fussy. Good girl!
It has been amazing to see her mannerisms and movements. We were hoping to hear her voice and strained our ears to finally hear a tiny "ah daw daw." Yayy! Now the kicker is halfway into the video, we finally got a wink! Her social worker kept asking her to do it and Emerson looked down and did it! That is just about the cutest thing I had ever seen!!
It was also neat to hear the background chatter and to hear Gene and I referred to as her Ab-pah and Um-mah ("daddy" and "mommy"). I can't get enough of that! Our director showed Emerson the photo album we sent and said "Look! Here's your Ab-pah. And your Um-mah." Emerson looked through the album with her FM, too.
It was heartwarming to see the interaction between her and FM. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it right now. FM is amazing with her. If Emerson felt unsure about anything, she'd immediately look at FM for her reaction. There's a scene where FM lifts Emerson and lays her laying down onto her lap. They're both laughing. Such a sweet moment... and I hope they have a lot of those.
I've stayed up late the past two nights just watching the video over and over on a loop. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This video then is priceless.
I love you my little winker. ;)
