Author: Mia

Cocooning Survival Tactic #1: Sometimes, while cocooning, a Mama can go a wee bit stir-crazy. If you sense cabin fever creeping in, here’s what you do: Strap the kiddos into their carseats, divvy up the snacks, and drive around in circles. Bonus points for hitting the Starbuck’s drive-thru and/or enduring Angelina Ballerina on repeat in the…

Handsome Hubs headed back to work this morning, leaving me solo with our three precious offspring for the first time. You can go ahead and send me my official Mom Of Three badge now, since I am pleased to report that we all survived. It helps that we all got a good night of sleep,…

You guys. It’s like night of the living dead over here. I’m not sure what day or time it is currently– in fact, right now I’m not even sure which way is up. Our household averaged three hours of sleep last night due to severe jetlag. Come to find out going east to west is…

*The post in which I discover I’ve been singing the wrong lyrics to the Pet Shop Boys song for three decades. We thought our house was baby-proofed sufficiently. Turns out it was baby-proofed to baby girl standards, not baby boy standards. Our girls were active, but cautious, toddlers. Curious, but observant. Little Man is fearless, busy, and ambitious. He’s…

It’s two in the morning, and we’ve already had breakfast. Three kiddos with jetlag is no joke, they are all still on China time. I guess I’ll share the details of our journey home to Montana, as we arrived back safely yesterday afternoon. It took 24 grueling hours and three horrendous flights to get back,…

In two days we leave China, heading home to Montana. Without a doubt, what we will miss most from our time here will be the other families that we have journeyed alongside, to our children. Most of the families here are adopting child number 2, 3, or 4 (even numbers 6 or 7!)… young, busy families already enjoying a season…

“Baba go lai.” Daddy came back. Ever since another couple in our travel group taught us this Mandarin phrase, we’ve been repeating it often. Today we split up, to better accommodate the needs of each of our children. Husband braved the thick humidity to escort the girls to the local zoo, while I stayed behind with Little…

China is great, but we’re ready to go home. I’m excited to cook and do laundry. I can’t believe I just typed that. Four more days. We’re thankful for the head-start on bonding/cocooning that we’ve had as a family of five here in China, but we also realize that Little Man’s transition to our home in Montana will…