Things have been getting rough lately. Really rough. And I mean really really.
The week before last started out with five meltdowns in two days. Five! In two days! (The kids, of course, not me. Although by the fifth one I swear I nearly had a meltdown myself.) Then we had a couple of good days [...]
I bet by now you’ve started thinking I’ve dropped off the face of the earth. I haven’t, although my world has turned upside down.
After 5 months of waiting and wondering (which in the adoption world actually isn’t that long), we found our children. We’re parents! YIKES!
We first received info about them from our agency on [...]
Up ’til now I’ve pretty much only shared the fact that we are adopting an older child from foster care, but not much more beyond that. I had a curious reader ask me for more specifics: What age range? What gender? What race?
Well from the get-go we knew we wanted to adopt siblings. It’s [...]
Well it’s official: I should not adopt nor give birth to an infant. For me older child adoption is the only way to go. Why? Well let me tell you…
Recently my hubby Bill and I were babysitting for his brother and wife, Mike & Ronda. Their little girl Emma is the most adorable thing you’ve [...]
One interesting aspect of adoption is the ability to choose. Having a biological kid, well, you kinda just get what you get. You have sex, the fastest sperm and the egg for that month collide, and you’ve got a baby in the making. (Yeah, yeah I know – I’m oversimplifying the process.) What comes out [...]
On Saturday we went to an event called “Kids’ Fest” hosted by Northwest Adoption Exchange (NWAE). It was an interesting experience.
So what is Kids’ Fest exactly? It’s an opportunity for prospective adoptive parents to meet children in the foster system. It’s a party with a carnival-type atmosphere where the kids are running around, engaging in [...]
I seem to have a thing for controversy lately.
At Microsoft there are email groups – also called aliases – for different communities. These are non-work related but supported by Microsoft due to their value to the employees. One of the email groups/communities is the adoption alias.
Well last week there was a flurry of [...]
In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s a funny video of two brothers trying to take a picture for their mom for Mother’s Day. It makes me laugh every time I watch it!
Mother’s Day
Remind me not to adopt two boys. (Just kidding!)
Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms out there!
There has been a lot of hoopla lately about the recent release of the video game, Grand Theft Auto IV (aka, GTA4). Many parents are up in arms over its raunchy themes and the constant bad behaviors displayed by the main characters. Behaviors like killing police officers, drunk driving, doing drugs, frequenting strip clubs and [...]
We’re in that part of the adoption process where we’re just waiting. All the paperwork, interviews and classes are done. We’re approved now and just waiting for a kiddo or two.
When we were doing our paperwork and classes we tried to plow through it as quickly as we could. I had surgery in the middle [...]