This was one of my favorite days ever. The humidity stopped for just a moment on July 17. My kids wore something other than swimsuits and superhero underwear for the occasion. We made it to…
ADOPTION FINALIZATION IN PHOTOS!
THE GOOD, THE BAD, + THE UGLY OF REHAB LOANS
The proper name for the loan we took out on our house is a 203K Rehab loan. My dreamy kitchen and dreamy baby Long story short: We walked into our now house and I looked…
(HONEST) ABE TURNS ONE!
One year ago yesterday, our sweet Abram was born. Yesterday we celebrated his first beautiful year of life! We just moved into our new house that we have been renovating the past six months on…
ALL THE ABE I COULDN’T SHOW
Our agency’s policy is that they do not want adoptive parents to show photos of their child on social media until their adoption is finalized. This is very common in foster to adopt situations, and…
FAMILY PHOTOS
These pictures are from October 2013. I couldn’t share them on the good ol’ intranet until now. My talented and wonderful friend, Nancy, took them for us. These make my heart swell and are some…
INTRODUCING . . .
A B R A M B R A V E B U R K L E O Born July 28, 2013 to his precious birth mom. 6 lbs 7 oz 21.5 inches. Came home with…
“BEDTIME” OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Do not let them fool you. Please. What exactly goes through my children’s head around seven o’clock every night is beyond me. Really. I have had the blessing of easy sleepers for the majority of…
LOVE LAKE, PART 1
Ah. Love lake. My heart is full and I’m swimming in the bittersweet of leaving one of my favorite places. As I get older, and the more I travel, the more I need to travel….
JUST WRITE
I’m trying to challenge myself a little this summer to just write. Whether I click publish or not, just write it all out every few days. I like when I make this a priority for…
MY KINDERGARTEN GRADUATE
My sweet boy graduated kindergarten last night. I couldn’t be more proud of who he is and how far he has come. In many ways, he’s a different boy than I imagined him to be…
