Howdy to all our Canadian friends!! A big thanks to K and M&D who sent Jrock some pics, and K - I got your CD. Thanks so much! R in the Nth Ok - we dropped off your package and it got into he right hands
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So Jrock arrived 2 nights ago - and boy [...]
Hello everybody! from Ethiopia. We’re just finishing up our third week in Addis - and Mum is off tonight on the plane. She’s been a wonderful help - it’s been hard for her to be hands off with the kids (although I see her sneaking a kiss now and then!) but she’s been a trouper [...]
Many of you have found your way to My Bookstore - and several people have sent me emails/comments tahnking me for suggesting adoption and Africa-related books.
Recently I added a couple more sections to my store - focussing on themes that are important to me as an individual and as a parent: Nature, Wellness, Creativity, Environmentalism and [...]
The other day I picked up a organizer case at the dollar store for all the girls combs and headbands and elastics. I was showing them to Jrock last night and he said “what about beads?”
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So we went to my friend Shelley’s hair care website, Sharuba, and picked out a whole bunch of snaps [...]
Ah, the clothes shopping for little girls. It is just AWESOME, I have to tell you!Â
And, it’s pretty addictive. Today, Jrock examined the treasures laid out on the bed (and yes, these are just todays’ - remember I am shopping for two! - and shrugged and commented “you know, they aren’t going to arrive any [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Most of you know that Jrock and I have requested two kids under 4 years old. SO, while it’s entirely possible we will be referred twin babes, more likely, we will be jumping into parenting a couple babe/toddler/preschoolers!
Something that you may or may not know about us is that we have hosted many many exchange [...]
A few people commented on the spy cam we used when Leo was here - what great reception it had. Well, it gets even better, people. What we got was the super-duper, slightly creepy it’s so effective, see-in-the-dark, cordless, doesn’t-even-really-look-like-a… baby-cam!
You can completely see a black/white picture in the pitch black dark - it’s amazing. Then [...]
I’ve really tried to keep our kids in mind while we’ve been renovating our house - places to play, to run, to sleep, to craft, etc. But there is one area that I hadn’t child proofed - our living room and the hall entry. In fact, I bought some *expensive wallpaper for the little wallway [...]
Ok, so I was out shopping the other day, and decided to go into Toys ‘R’ Us and stare at all the baby stuff that I can’t buy because I don’t know how old my kids are. This is just one of the lame activities expecting adopting mothers do - besides blogging and checking my [...]
I heard this on the radio tonight and almost died laughing. Thought all you moms of “grown up” kids would find it funny It was actually on a religious show that I never usually listen to, but this clip was worth listening to and passing on!
It’s just an audio clip, so make sure your speakers [...]
Today I was writing up a “list of stuff to buy/get/borrow” and realized that we still have a lot of stuff to get!Â
Because these are our first kids, I don’t know what the protocol is. If we have a shower, do I give the list of stuff to an organizer? Do I send it out [...]
