For the past decade, when January rolled around, I could look ahead into the new year and know something big was heading my way. Every new year held changes in the works be it moves, college, marriage, career, life abroad, move, baby #1, move, career/promotion, opting for SAM status, move, baby #2, job, adoption. woooof […]Read Post ›
This morning at 5am I woke to hear Roman sobbing. I rolled out of bed, put on my slippers and robe, then stepped into his room. After he cleared the quick mom eval: no vomit, no blood, no poop, new clean diaper, not too hot, not too cold, fed, hydrated, eyes responding to light (that’s […]Read Post ›
I’m an avid jigsaw puzzler, always have been, always will be. Unlike a lot of people, I’m totally fine with doing a puzzle over and over and over again. Even after a sibling has chewed the piece that completes the center of the red chrysanthemums (I’m looking at you, Andrew) or a few edge pieces […]Read Post ›
There are days in my life I will cherish forever, but I was not expecting yesterday to be one of those days. It was a breezy sunny morning. I had eaten a ham and cheese waffle sandwich for breakfast. It was normal shnormal kind of morning complete with workday traffic delays. I was not expecting to […]Read Post ›
Hearing Angelina call me mama is wonderful. It is so nice to walk into the orphanage every day and hear her cheerful voice ring out with “mama!” But then a chorus of voices echo behind her with more “mama!” “mama! mama! mama!” “moiya mama!” Angelina is not the only child in her orphanage desperate for […]Read Post ›
The only transport option to get down to Angelina’s region was a overnight train that stopped at every single tiny little town. I was certainly not expecting a restful night, but the 12 hours spent in a sleeper compartment were excellent and I actually slept quite well. Our facilitator warned us that we were the […]Read Post ›
Yesterday I was hopeful. Today I am realistic. Late this afternoon 46 documents arrived in the post. 44 of them were apostilled, 2 of them were not due to errors from the notary who filled out the medical records. This means tomorrow will be spent contacting our doctor, getting 6 docs redone with 6 new […]Read Post ›
I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s worth saying again: I do not like February in Wisconsin. So dreary. In February we are all desperately in need of fresh air, warm breezes, sunlight, and green things growing. This February was a month of refreshing the home. Remind me next year and I should do this every […]Read Post ›
Good news: our homestudy is finished, wooohoooo! Yet somehow we are in a new level of frustrating suspension with our adoption in a scenario I could not see coming. Boooo Remember our homestudy was originally estimated to be done mid-October but then we hit that snag of our agency being hesitant to complete homestudies for […]Read Post ›
It’s been a few weeks since we announced the wonderful news of adding Travis John to our family through adoption and you’ve probably been wanting to know more about this darling ball of squish. I’m with ya! I’d like to know more as well. This is life for people in the adoption process, you hold […]Read Post ›
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