Posts Tagged ‘ adoption ’
Last year at this time we wanted a baby. We were planning to adopt. We hung this Hope ornament on the tree. Turns out it WE weren’t in charge. This year I bought a new ornament. Joy. What a difference a year makes. While my heart is full this Christmas season, it is also heavy [ READ MORE ]
When I found out I was pregnant I thought it was going to be all fun and games. Compared to doing all the adoption paperwork, I thought pregnancy would be a breeze. I remember thinking, “All I have to do is lay around and grow this baby, pick a hospital, and then deliver.” Only I [ READ MORE ]
I know some of you have been wondering what’s happening with our adoption. And by some, I mean the 2 or 3 of you that remember our adoption announcement from way back in December. Well here’s what happened. This happened. See that itty bitty bump in my belly? That’s the baby. The one we thought [ READ MORE ]
Just got our background checks from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations – we’re clean! Oh yeah. Officially notarized and everything. And here’s a fun story: We paid $60 for those 2 little pieces of paper. I kept looking in the envelope and checking to make sure there weren’t more pages stuck to the backs of [ READ MORE ]
Hey, January is over! Did you notice? And that means…… We have a raffle winner! Each entry (entrant?) was given a number, then I used random.org to randomly (get it?) generate 1 of those numbers. Just like a raffle, no? And the winning number is……35! Collin and Jenna Stoddard, will you please step forward to [ READ MORE ]
….and baby boy’s blanket. Because you can’t read a good book without a good blanket to keep you warm. Unless it’s summer, or spring, or January and it happens to be 55 degrees outside. In which case, you should probably get out there and wash your dog. Because he smells. Like corn chips. And winter [ READ MORE ]
The paper chase has begun! We are chasing papers all over – in Arizona, Illinois, and Tennessee. I’m really glad we haven’t lived in any other states in the last 10 years. 3 is enough. Phew. We’ve got a big ol’ list of required documents and we are whittling away at it. Birth certificates - [ READ MORE ]
163,000,000 minus 1. According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 163 million orphans living in our world. Let’s do a little fun math. The earth is 24,900 miles around. If you took all the orphans in the world and had them stand in a line with their arms outstretched, hands touching, how far around the [ READ MORE ]
I’m not sure, but I think I may be nesting. Either that or I need to work more. Or just get out of the house more. Or get a hobby. No, it can’t be that, I have lots of hobbies. So. Nesting. Not having ever experienced traditional pregnancy induced nesting, I can’t be positive that [ READ MORE ]
Introducing….our first raffle! Before we get to the raffle, let me just say that talking about money and fundraising is never easy. But, in the interest of keepin’ it real, here we go. We will need around $20,000 for our adoption. Yikes. In the last 2 months, we have managed to save $1,541.37 out of [ READ MORE ]
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