One of the great reasons to have children is it gives you an excuse to be a kid again. There is a great new product line called “Taggies”, blankets and toys and such with all kinds of tags s ...
The China Center of Adoption Affairs matches parents with their babies based on the date their paperwork arrived at the CCAA office. Our date is September 9, 2005. They have just finishe ...
Who do the clothes at Carter’s have to be so stinkin’ cute? It’s just not right. I have been to their outlet store numerous times since this adoption process has started. One time I succ ...
The September batch of referrals (sent from China) is supp ...
Every so often, between wrestling matches and gun fights, Cameron (4) will say to me “Mom…thanks for giving ...
I haven’t posted in a few weeks. (Gee, no one has said anything!) I’d be lying to say that I feel positive ...
Well, I guess the boys are bummed about the wait too. I took them to Sears for pictures last week and the who ...
Today is the one-year anniversary of our dossier officially arriving in
I was asked the other day what in the world I could possibly be journaling about since there is ‘nothing ha ...
In this time of confusion and waiting, it’s easy for me to question our decision to adopt. And yet, to back out now would be to take away what is so dear to both of us: our drea ...
Right around the time our paperwork arrived in China (September 2005), hundreds of other families were sending ...
“Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.” (Barba ...
Kudos to my friends on the Yahoo boards who have posted this little bit of humor in the midst of a very str ...
I admit it: I listen to country music. Go ahead – slap your screen if you want, but you won’t stop me f ...
My family has a fondness for the phrase “Bleacher Butt”. It harkens back to the days when we’d sit on our p ...
One year ago today, our agency sent our completed dossier off to China, thus giving us our “DTC” date (Dossier ...
For months now, Nathan and I have been listening to CDs ...
“I suppose you could say that everyone has an El Guapo. For some, shyness may b ...
Like a scene out of “Groundhog Day”, we made the trek back to Cleveland to have our fingerprints scanned at the ...
Since I’ve done a significant amount of whining lately ...
If you’ve been thinking lately about contributing to the Nathan and Lisa Adoption Fund, here’s a great way ...
My first pregnancy (Cameron) gave new meaning to the song “It Ain’t Easy Bei ...
Last summer, when I needed a little “Retail Therapy” to help with the adoption paperwork stress, I bought s ...
I am feeling grumpy and discouraged these days, thinking that this whole thing will never happen. I, along with ...
Children are a blessing, no matter which way they enter a family. Here is another poem I’ve always liked.< ...
Many times I have mentioned the CCAA (China Center of ...
For over a year now, I’ve wanted to put together an au ...
It never ceases to amaze me how small the world is. A re ...
When we started seriously considering adoption, I had just turned 30. This is the magical minimum age that ...
Since we’re about four months away from our referral, I thought it would be fun to start taking some guesse ...
I’m sure with that catchy title that y’all are expecti ...
Part of the loot we are asked to take to
Idle time is something I avoid at all costs. If I don’t have work to do, I make some up—usually something invol ...
Here I am, waiting for an envelope to come in the mail.
It is becoming apparent to me that I cannot tell the future with any degree of accuracy. With both preg ...
Now that the boys are settled in their bunk beds (and I should probably mention that they still need a little help from mom an ...
After months of hearing about the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) moving from one physical location ...
Just recently, I read a journal of a family who is currently traveling to adopt their third little girl fro ...
“Work and wait, work and wait is what God says to us in creation.” ...
Bought a money order. Typed a letter. Sent them to the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services). Thi ...