Author: Mia

Today’s sliver of sanity is brought to you by Starbucks (it’s been a two visit day– pitiful, I realize), the Simon & Garfunkel station on Pandora, and the glorious sunshine that melted our most recent snowfall. Little Man has suffered some pesky ailments this week, which have severely affected our sleep patterns… Up at 4:30 this…

The older wiser I get, the more I realize that I married well. Not only is my husband a total stud, and doting father, but there were some supplementary perks to joining forces with him, as well. For one, I know I will never long for the latest and greatest in technology. The tech industry…

For the first time since we’ve been a family of five, I left Little Man’s side today. Though it required my peeling him off like Velcro, it was harder for me than it was for him. It was all for a good cause– celebrating our first-born’s ninth birthday with her two dearest friends (and Best Friend Sister)…

Tonight we had our first post-placement (after adoption) visit with our social worker– which means that we have officially been a family of five for a month! And did you catch that? That’s right– even after your child is safely home you, are still not free from official scrutiny/judgement in the form of Homestudy visits. It’s different…

Well, the inevitable has happened: I messed up. I’ve read all the books (Yes, ALL the books; I love The Books.) but today I made a rookie adoptive mom mistake. It wasn’t out of anger, I was calm and calculated. When my sweet new son was repeatedly willfully defiant, culminating with the hurling of his spoon and…

Though Little Brother is rapidly (remarkably!) picking up English, we have found it helpful to have a few important Mandarin words and phrases in our back pockets, to assist in communicating with him.   The following list is our Chinese vocabulary, in it’s (pathetic) entirety: Bu (“boo”) – no Bu Hao (“boo how”) – not…

Being home in Montana as a family of five, officially “post adoption,” has left me in a peaceful state of palpable relief. There’s a sense of calm I have now that I just haven’t had for the entire year and a half that we were actively working, fighting, to bring home our son. (Even before…

Little Brother continues to amaze us all, daily. He has made leaps and bounds- and had some minor setbacks- since arriving home in Montana. This is all very normal and to be expected. Little Brother’s attachment to me continues to grow stronger, which is wonderful, but- despite bonding quickly in China- he has started to…