Life, Family, Everything..
Other than a new living room floor, not much new is going on here. Kinda nice, kinda boring 🙂 The carpet was cheap and ugly and I never liked it. I just needed a good excuse to get rid of it. And since we have a new-ish puppy that liked to pee in one corner and liked to snag and chew it, I figured...
So things have been going well with Mili. She’s talking, walking, has a few more teeth, understands what we tell her (and if she disagrees, she lets us know that, too). The older kids have taken to her like a duck to water. She has truly become “one of the kids.” She just blends right in. We still have a couple food issues though....
Here’s a time line of our adoption process. There were times it felt longer and others shorter, but I think it’s fairly decent. January 19, 2010—Decided to adopt January –Mailed out application to first agency March 10—Denied through agency (religious differences) March 12—New application to new agency (West Sands Adoptions) March 17—Began home study March 24—Approved by West Sands Adoptions June 30—Home study complete...
We got word about our second trip, the one where I actually go get our baby and bring her home. We are leaving in just a couple days and I’m such a bag of mixed emotions! Obviously I’m very excited. We’ve waited a long time for a little girl. I’m excited to have her home and show her the animals and brothers (sometimes I...
Today is Christmas Eve. We got home yesterday. Ethiopia is a beautiful country. The people are friendly and nice. Their way of life is very “live and let live” and they care about each other. They don’t sweat the small stuff like we do. Family is a way of life, not just something you have or do. The adults treat the children as if...
Oh, the dreaded potty-training. Visions of wet beds, poopy underwear and soggy bum prints in the car seat. When we were training Pierce, it was a few months before Dean was born (he was a little over 2 1/2 yrs). And when Dean made his appearance and so much time and attention went to him instead of Pierce, Pierce’s potty habits regressed. Noticeably. Dean...
So while the adoption is moving along, there’s always life moving right along with it. Today was parent-teacher conference day for both Gab & Pierce. We went to Pierce’s teacher first…I wasn’t sure what to expect. Anyone that knows him knows he’s either fire or ice, black or white, angelic or…well…not so much 😉 I was pleasantly surprised that his teacher said he’s doing...
Today, our dossier is on its way to D.C. & the Ethiopian Embassy!! In 2 weeks, it should be in Ethiopia!!! YAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! This basically means in 2 weeks, the official “wait” will begin. Wow…
I ordered another book, one recommended my our adoption agency. It’s Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best. This one is a little more up-beat and half as thick as the first one. So I’m sure I’ll get through it faster. So far it’s very good, like the other. It has the same theme of how important it is to establish a connection...
I really do read books often. Daily. Just because they’re 10 pages long and 5 of those are pictures, doesn’t mean it’s not a book 😉 But since there’s not much more we can do for the adoption right now, I decided to get a book with actual pages/chapters in it to read. It’s called Parenting the Internationally Adopted Child. This book discusses the...