I’ve been listening to proceedings from an adoptive parent’s conference, and one of the adult adoptees referred to this bill of rights. So I googled it and thought many of you would find it interesting as well. It defiitely has messages about parenting decisions throughout… and, I think, also makes some clear statements about the [...]
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I thought I would let you know that our puppy Laughlin is growing up and doing very well! He’s only had one accident in the last week. (Of course, it was pretty spectacular - we were upstairs in the family room and must have been missing his signals. So he jumped up on the back [...]
This morning after eating Shreddies I said to Jrock - “let’s call Imagine and see if they have an update!”
He told me I should just chill - but I needed to check in. Plus our case worker had said we should be getting an update at the end of the month.Â
So I called her despite his [...]
I am so grateful for OKFCA, the group of families we have here in the Okanagan. It’s a great network and support system.Â
One thing we started doing earlier this year was having showers for the newly adopted kids from Africa. We think it’s important to welcome these kids into our community. (And in some case, [...]
Some things are a little different preparing for babies coming home through adoption vers from the hospital. For one thing, the kids aren’t a reliable size. You don’t know how far along they are in their development - and, you need to be prepared for the darndest things.
Let’s start with the darndest things! One our [...]
This part of the wait (aka adoption process) is much easier than waiting for a referral. That said, it’s still waiting…
Our agency (Imagine Adoption) sends out updates every month on the kids. It’s supposed to have new pictures of them, as well as notes on how they are doing, what they are learning, and bits [...]
And MORE kids room murals! This is my favorite of the rooms my sister has done, I think!
Dr. Seus stuff is just AWESOME.
And yes, she does travel! Contact her at silena-ann@shaw.ca or leave me a comment and I’ll hook you up. She lives in Invermere, BC, which is only 2 hours from Calgary.
To see all [...]
I thought I would show you some more of my sister’s murals… for all your viewing pleasure (and potential patronage!) I have included some pictures of her work. Pretty cool, eh?
And yes, she does travel! Contact her at silena-ann@shaw.ca or leave me a comment and I’ll hook you up. She lives in Invermere, BC, which [...]
My sister is a great artist - really. She’s an art teacher with a fine arts degree and a pile of talent.
She’s also done a few baby room murals for different clients, with great results. I’ll post a few of them up here in a week or so, in case any of you folks in [...]
6.17
Average number of children born per woman in Ethiopia (2008 estimate). Canada’s fertility rate is 1.57 children. (Source: CIA World Factbook)
5.4 million
Number of orphans in Ethiopia. More than a million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. In 2003, about 35,000 newborns were living with the disease. (Source: Canadian International Development Agency)
1,800
Number of [...]
I really don’t find this wait half as difficult as waiting for a referral. Honestly, now we have something (someones!) to wait for. We have their pictures in most rooms of the house, just pasted on the walls… we speculate about their personalities, discuss different attachment, parenting, development, play, etc. issues, and even get to [...]
A wonderful story about a family in Saskatoon and their two little twin Ethiopian daughters…
“It doesn’t take long for the curious, big-eyed, three-year old Tag to clamber up beside me on the couch as I’m talking to her dad and gently reach out to feel the texture of my salt and pepper beard.
While Clayton Sparks [...]
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One of the first questions my mother-in-law and a few friends asked me when they found out about our referral of twin girls was “are you going to dress them alike?”
My answer? “Not really.”
Of course, every once and a while it will be nice to have them in complimentary outfits, for pictures and the like. [...]
The Calgary Herald just produced a few articles on adoption, and actually profiled a family adopting from Ethiopia. Click the photos throughout this post to see more pictures, check out the videos, or click on the links below (I’ll update them as they are published).
Saturday: The Path to Ethiopia. The Bailey family faces obstacles — [...]
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Some people wonder how I find the time to update all this stuff on my blog. Well, I have two secrets for you.
I sometimes write a few posts at once and then set them up to release over the course of a few days. Like, I’m writing this post on Monday, but it will appear [...]
