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  • Night and Day

    Night and Day

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    Mia
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    Friends have been encouraging me to compare photographs of our sweet Little Man, side by side, from before and after he was united with our family. I have. I concede, the change in our precious son is astounding. But… it’s heartbreaking, to me. It’s strange how these photographs that I so cherished and anticipated when…

  • With Gratitude: MyBella by Liz and Miranda Jae Designs

    With Gratitude: MyBella by Liz and Miranda Jae Designs

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    I have this sweet friend, Liz, who makes amazing customized jewelry. She graciously made me this gorgeous necklace, just because.   the bottom tag has our names listed Her jewelry, MyBella, is the best. I get SOOO many compliments on her work when I sport it. Moreover, it’s always gives me warm fuzzies to support local artisans. Liz also told me…

  • Mobile Cocoon, Destination: Yellowstone

    Mobile Cocoon, Destination: Yellowstone

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    Little Man enjoyed his first trip to Jellystone this weekend– our cocoon is mobile, you recall. Don’t be too impressed, it’s literally in our backyard– a scenic one hour drive around the mountain perimeter of the park, or twenty minutes as a crow flies. Since it’s the same expense as visiting just two times, our family…

  • The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

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    Hello, me again. Yes, I’m still alive- and even rested after a pretty nightmarish week of sleep deprivation, which left me too incoherent to attempt any musings here on the blog. An adoptive mom  friend recently asked me what I have found to be the biggest surprise this side of our adoption journey, to which…

  • Tuesday’s Child

    Tuesday’s Child

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    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…

  • Community in the Cocoon

    Community in the Cocoon

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    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…

  • Sweet Sorrow

    Sweet Sorrow

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    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)…

  • Post Placement

    Post Placement

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    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…

  • Velcro

    Velcro

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    Mia
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    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…