Archive for October, 2007
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007Lately I have been thinking of the birth mother of my soon to be son. I can only imagine the pain and heartache she is feeling knowing that she is carrying a baby boy that she will not see each day. She is going on with her day to day and creating a miracle for [...]
That’s One Way to Look at It
Saturday, October 13th, 2007“She’s practicing her exercise.” — Annie Explaining why Daphne, our black Manx who is currently in heat, was, um, presenting.
Words of Wisdom
Monday, October 8th, 2007“You should have left it on your table Mom.” ~ Annie This was her reply when I asked if anyone knew where my pincushion was. I had to chuckle since this is a reply I often give them when they lose things. Edited to add: It was found several hours later in the girls stuff. [...]
Pumpkin Festivals
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Today was the first weekend of October, so in our tradition we set out to pick pumpkins at a farm. Sadly, last year Youngs Farm closed its doors. This year we had to find a new place. So we set out this morning for Freeman Farm. We pulled up to Freeman Farm and there were [...]
Mimi’s fear
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Just last week we were walking through Target. Mimi was looking at the linoleum tile and got freaked out by the lights shining in the reflection. She is really realy afraid of it. She will not walk on shiny floors that look like that. Thankfully she is still small and can be carried or ride [...]
Helping Hands
Friday, October 5th, 2007Many people have asked if they could help out in some small way with our adoption. We have been thinking about this and have come up with Operation Salty. I will be selling handmade items and all the proceeds will be going in the savings account to help bring him home. I have listed some [...]
Role Playing
Thursday, October 4th, 2007“NO, I Mr. Crabby!” ~ Mimi Mimi has really been into playing make believe lately. She loves to pretend like she is other people. The most hilarious one is Mr. Crabby. We are not sure where she picked it up from, either Mr. Crabs on Spongebob or Sebastian from Little Mermaid. Today it was “I [...]
3 year gap
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007We got clarrification on the 3 year gap today. Mimi does not have to be exactly 3 years old. She just has to be really close! Woohoo.
Timeline for adoption
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Many people have been asking about the process and how this all works. I will try to provide you with a brief timeline as of my understanding at this point. We will keep you up to date of progress as it happens. There are several things we are still trying to get final answers on. [...]
Something Blue
Monday, October 1st, 2007Our first official something blue arrived the other day! Sure we are jumping the gun a tiny bit but our adoption agency called today to let us know that we are approved to adopt from Ethiopia so it seems fitting. 9-14 months from now our son will be home!!!! This weekend Bill took down the [...]
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