I’ve fallen so far off the blogging wagon, you’d think I was giving up. BUT I’M NOT! This summer has just been uber-busy, and I had the opportunity to teach a class last week, and all my creative juices were flowing into preparing that lesson, not here. Sidenote: the uber-busy summer was intentional. Last summer, […]
Happy birthday to me! (A few hours early.) This year for my birthday post, I’m being greedy and ASKING for a special gift from all of you readers. š I’m nothing if not bossy. However, it won’t cost you a penny, I promise. Over the last year or so, I’ve found myself honing in on […]
Dearest Sydneygirl, It probably gets old for me to start every birthday letter with the same refrain: I canāt believe youāre another year older! But truly, FIVE years old seems to be the start of a new season. Actually, in the last 6 months or so, I feel like weāve entered that season. Itās the […]
Originally posted June 10, 2012 Hey all, it will be short tonight. We switched hotels late this afternoon to a very posh place right next to the airport (quite a ways from where we were), and there is no free internet. You can pay $6/hour for wifi or wait in the lobby for one of […]
Originally posted June 9, 2012 I remember reading other travel-adopt blogs and somewhere around now the mamas say āSheās like a different kid!ā Well, I wouldnāt go that far, but I would definitely say we turned a little corner today. This morning and at naptime, Asher woke up without crying. HUGE! For once we were […]
Originally posted on Friday, June 8th, 2012: Dear Diary, today started out rough and ended rough, but there was lots of good stuff in the middle. Trent and I were hoping for a lazy morning, since we didnāt have to be anywhere until 3pm. But after a few minutes of happy playtime (see pics of […]
Originally posted on June 7, 2012: Last night, even as I was writing a blog post, the craziest thing happened. Asher fell asleep on the floor with his pink silky. No crying, nada. Then this afternoon, we tried it again. We just pulled the shades, laid his blankets on the floor , gave him a […]
Originally posted on June 6, 2012: Last night went better than expected. I told you about how long it took to go to sleep, but then he slept until about 1am. We gave him a bottle and although he did not want to be held, he sat next to me on the bed and did […]
Originally posted Tuesday, June 5, 2012: Hey all! I may sound redundant, but than you so much for all the amazing words of encouragement and support. I really do read them and so does Trent they mean the world to us, and help us feel very connected with home. I donāt know where the word […]
Originally posted Monday, June 4, 2012 This morning we had a relaxing couple of hours before the social workers brought the kids to the hotel. Trent and I took the suggestion of another adoptive family and dropped our laundry off at a little tiny laundry service in an alley. It felt a little strange leaving […]