The other day I was planning a post in my head about the rude things that slip out of people’s mouths when they talk about our adoption. And to be totally honest, there really haven’t been that many. But the few that have been said catch me off guard. I get it that adoption (or...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Growing
Yesterday Eva turned 3 weeks old and I finally got her on a scale. I didn’t strip her down so including clothes and diaper she is up to 6lbs. 12oz. I was so happy! I know that babies lose weight their first week and usually get back up to birth weight their second week, so...
Growing
When we first picked up Miss E from the hospital I dug through the suitcase trying to find clothes that would fit her. Everything was waaaaayy too big. We ended up going to Babies R Us where they had like three preemie outfits, and bought her some clothes. I had no idea but no one...
Good Reads
I was on such a good string of good books and then bam, hit a wall with a few not so great ones. Lately I have gotten picky about books. I don’t want to read about someone with cancer, animal cruelty, missing children. If I want that I will turn on the news. Unfortunately it...
Bittersweet
Around midnight on Friday night I got a knock on my hotel door. When I opened it there stood four boys, and the smallest one yelled, “Happy Mother’s Day!” Andy flew my boys out to spend a day and half with me for my Mother’s Day weekend! This adoption is already breaking the bank so...
Flowers
I have the sweetest husband ever. He sent me flowers yesterday, they were waiting on the counter here in my hotel room when I got back from shopping. I know- shopping, rough life. But really there is only so much shopping you can do before it gets boring. Sigh. And just so you can see...
So you know you are bored…
when you start taking pictures of your feet Actually I just wanted to show off my new J Crew flip-flops. Love. Speaking of feet, oh my So stinkin’ cute
no pictures
I felt I needed to put that in the title since my SIL Kathy gets mad if I don’t include pictures of Miss E. I must admit that I am thrilled with how excited our families have been about this adoption. When we started down this road Andy and I had many conversations about how...
Hanging Out
Yesterday Eva and I hit the Park City outlet mall. On the drive out there the sun was shining, and as we climbed higher into the snow-capped mountains I started to feel more at peace with being stuck out here away from my family Because the reality is that if I was thrown back into...
