I know, another pregnancy post. Omg, this blog is turning into such a pregnancy blog! Sorry, I just don’t have much else to talk about. Other than how our house is crumbling in on itself and how the flurry of contractors hollering through the house is making me feel like I am on an episode [...]
Last night we met up with an old college professor of ours who happens to have two adopted daughters. They are “grown” now, late teens and early twenties, and one was an open adoption, while one was closed. We wanted to hear about her experiences in adoption, especially on both sides of the open/closed issue. [...]
So yesterday I was in the doctor’s office for my physical for the adoption application. Basically, they just want to make sure I am generally healthy and don’t have any transmittable diseases (still waiting on the blood work to come back, you might want to keep your distance till then). I was called from the [...]
Yesterday we had a meeting with the head of the adoption program at the agency. We turned in almost our entire application!
We also took some time to talk with her about where we are emotionally, and she helped us determine our readiness to move forward. She gave us some new perspectives on some of the [...]
I just wanted to pop in to share a blog that I recently discovered. The author is a birth mother, and she writes about her experiences in open adoption. I love it. Go read it.
The Chronicles of Munchkin Land
Friday we were hit with two feet of snow, so we hunkered down for several hours this weekend and started in on our paperwork. Emphasis on the started. That package of supplies that Dale and Hannah gave us has already come in very handy. We managed to actually complete about 10% of the required application [...]
Well, the meeting at the agency met and exceeded our expectations. It was hosted at their beautiful, state-of-the-art facility (they are also a pediatric special needs hospital and daycare — thanks Mario Lemiex!), and was very professional yet caring. It was a far cry from the first two agency meetings we attended, one of which [...]
Matt and I temporarily upgraded our cable in preparation for the Winter Olympics. Must. Have. Full. Apolo. Coverage. It’s generally just the same crap on more channels, but there are a few gems out there. I was particularly curious about a recent episode of 16 and Pregnant. I had heard about this particular episode from [...]
As we wait for our February 4 orientation meeting with the agency, there isn’t much news on the adoption front here. So I thought I would use this time to address some Frequently Asked Questions and Frequently Assumed Information about our adoption.
Are you doing domestic or international adoption?
Domestic, for a variety of reasons. International adoption [...]
First, welcome to all my new LFCA visitors. I just recently found that community and am really glad I did. I can easily get lost for a few hours on all the great blogs out there. Sometimes I feel like I am looking in a mirror when I read many of your blogs!
And on to [...]
