Dearest Sydney, Prepare yourself, because I’m assuming that at least for the next 30 years, I will come to you on June 26th and say “I can’t believe you’re ___ years old!” It’s a fact of life that never ceases to shock a parent–your babies grow up fast. It’s cliche, but it’s true: I can’t […]
And of course I took a picture. And of course he had no pants on. Pantless Wonder Monkey strikes again.
We have some really great neighbors behind our house. They have two elementary aged girls and a trampoline. Both of MY kids are enamored of the “dirls” as Carson calls them. This particular day, I came out to find Sydney just watching the action on the trampoline. She literally stayed up here in this spot […]
Oh my gosh, you guys. You know that feeling when you start to get the giggles in a situation where you should NOT be giggling? Well, that happened to me tonight, and the situation was that Trent and I were attempting our first at-home haircut for Carson. We’ve had a salon do it 2x, and […]
I realize that for me to say “I’ve learned so much about adoption since we began serious research 6 months ago” is very much like an 19 year old rolling her eyes and saying “When I was 18, I knew, like, NOTHING about the REAL WORLD.” And yet, I’m saying it! However, the more I […]
When I was preggo with Carson, a friend gave me a really sweet book called The Day You Were Born, with places throughout the book for pictures and little places to write in details about the day…well, you get that part. For him: September 22. When Sydney was born, I ordered the same book and […]
Last night Carson and Trent went on a brief overnight camping trip with some of our friends, Jim and Henry. This morning, the sun woke Carson up very early (they had no watch, but later found out it was about 5am), and so the 2 of them went for a hike while waiting for the […]
So something else noteworthy happened this weekend. First, a little backstory, I was told when we applied to the Holt Thailand program that it was a very small program. It’s my understanding that only about 20-25 children are referred from Thailand through Holt each year, and that includes families adopting from the US and several […]
Something strange happened this weekend. It is hard for me not to sound overly dramatic, but I just want to recap the situation for you. At the beginning of July, we have a $3,000 payment due to our adoption agency. We had a little bit of money that could go to that payment, but then […]