Adoption has a lot of paperwork. A LOT. Every part of the process – the application, matching, placement, health and genetic history, post adoption reports, finalizing and getting proper documents, and communication with the birth family just to name a few. I consider myself to be a fairly organized person and I struggled with keeping [...]
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Well, I’ve had the fever for a while now. You know what it’s like. Looking sideways at cute babies in coffeeshops. “Joking” that friends have brought their newborns to visit in handy carrying cases (AKA car seats). Lingering a moment too long in the diaper aisle, lovingly fingering the Disney motifs on the size-1’s. My husband [...] I’m spending a lot of time telling myself that talking to Noah about adoption is a work in progress. It’s not about a moment, or a specific destination in his understanding – it’s going to be a lifelong journey and he gets to take the lead. We are firm believers that his adoption is something we [...] My mother-in-law loves to tell the story of how when hubbie was little she had to peel his hot dogs, to which my standard response was: “Gross”, then “I will never”. Well. I just peeled a hot dog. I sent hubbie to the grocery store with a very specific list that included the boring all-beef hot [...] We love Guest Blogger submissions! This one comes from Nancy, mom of three – two through International Adoption and one “the old-fashioned way.” My husband and I adopted a 3 year-old boy from Russia in 2007. One of the most common comments we got was “Wow, you guys sure built your [...] Sometimes the most complicated things to explain to a young child can be simply told through [...] My daughter, Abby turned 4 last month. She has now been on this planet the same length of time I was in college. I have no idea how this happened, but I’m loving it. Now don’t get me wrong. I love that new-baby smell as much as the next girl and I really can’t wait to [...] This is a cross post from Missy’s personal blog Filed Under Missylaneous, but it seemed pertinent to Adopting Mamas, too. When a child is adopted, her parents often strive to find ways to point out that she is truly connected to her family. Obviously, there usually isn’t a family resemblance – at least not one for [...] I overheard this gem this morning “You need a license to drive a car, but just anyone can have a kid!” I think I drew blood biting my tongue on the retort I so wanted to give. Something along the lines of how *I* passed the test that’s required or how not everyone can “just [...] |
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