Korea Court Trip - Day 6

Friday morning came and with our last full day ahead of us, we planned to fit in as much as possible!
We headed out to the Korea War Memorial with Pete and Alex, another family adopting from Korea that we met during our trip and were staying in our hotel. But first, we stopped by McDonald's for breakfast.

Then we took the subway to the War Memorial and were surprised to see that it was actually a memorial for all of Korea's wars, not just the Korean War we think of as Americans. It was so interesting to really dive into Lyla's birth country's history.

Then we entered the part of the museum that did an amazing job at honoring those who fought in the Korean War. The museum was amazingly kept and so informative and it was free!

We ate a quick lunch and then headed to our last meeting with our sweet Lyla. We were planning on going to her playgroup that she attends every week, but we actually spent our first hour in a room with just us.
When Lyla walked in she was all smiles, and didn't cry or anything when she saw us. She confidently walked in and smiled as she sat down in the small BMW electric car in the room. She started laughing and "driving" it. She was happy as could be and we were amazed by her joy and confidence, even though we were there and she is aware (as aware as a 22 month old can be) that we are her Mom and Dad and that we will be taking her home soon. She played with a ball, a piano, bubbles, and ate cheese, all while sitting in the BMW.  Our meeting was so sweet and good connections were made. Her foster mom turned on music at one point and Lyla did a whole choreographed dance. It was so cute!!
Omma left the room for a few minutes to make a bottle for our girl and Lyla started crying. Todd picked her up and she let him comfort her as she cried. This is a great sign for the grieving to come.
When Omma got back, she told me that Lyla likes her milk room temperature and had me feel the bottle. It was HOT! But girl loves her bottle! She cuddles right up and drinks away. Omma even laid her next to me and she happily stayed there! God is preparing her heart so sweetly and we are incredibly thankful!
After our hour was up, we thought our meeting was over but we followed Lyla and Omma downstairs to say good bye. When we got outside, Omma took off across the street which we thought was very strange but thought maybe she was just in a big hurry. When she got a ways from us, she turned around and quickly motioned for us to follow her. So we did. We ended up at Holt's guest house where Omma found a social worker to translate for us and tell us that we were headed up to playgroup.
We walked in the room and Lyla got so excited. She got out of her baby carrier and took off like she owned the room. There were about 6 other kids in the room with 3 workers and 3 foster moms. Lyla loved the trampoline, the ball pit, the slide, the pink car, and the other kiddos. She let us play with her and all of the toys. Todd played ball with another little boy for a second and Lyla came over and took the ball. haha.
Then Lyla wanted to see out of one of the windows, so Todd lifted her up so she could see and then started tossing her up in the air. She was laughing and then all of the sudden, she started crying. Todd held her and tried to get her to stop crying. He turned her out and sat her down, so she could calm down and then she started throwing up!! She threw up 3 or so times and Omma took her temperature which was 102 degrees. We rushed over to Holt's clinic and they checked her out. They did not find anything except the fever, so they gave her medicine (I am guessing tylenol) and we had to say our good byes as they needed to go home. We gave our girl a kiss on the head and then left.
We are pretty sure she was just over heated, combined with warm milk, and playing hard. Our meeting ended on a hard note, but the happiness and progress our girl has shown outweighed the dramatic end.

We then headed to Gangnam to get dinner with friends. Caitlin and Britton, who are also adopting through our adoption agency, met us at our metro stop and walked to dinner with us. David and Hahn, who we randomly met our first morning in Seoul, also met us for dinner. The food was beyond good and was the restaurant Todd has been dying to go to and it did not disappoint.

Then we walked to get a traditional Korean dessert, with our new friends.

Next we walked to McDonalds, because what else would you do when you have just stuffed yourself with food for the entire evening? haha. Todd had some interesting meals he wanted to try at Korea McDonald's and I wasn't going to pass up some more fellowship with adopting parents.

It was a good and busy day to end a good and busy trip.