I scooched all the way down here...good thing Daddy had his feet up on a chair so I didn't slip off his lap completely!
This is my play mat...I got it from my cousin Kirsten. It used to be hers, but she's MUCH too big for it now!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
I love my Daddy...he's very snuggly and he holds me as long as I need him to!
I scooched all the way down here...good thing Daddy had his feet up on a chair so I didn't slip off his lap completely!
This is my play mat...I got it from my cousin Kirsten. It used to be hers, but she's MUCH too big for it now!
I scooched all the way down here...good thing Daddy had his feet up on a chair so I didn't slip off his lap completely!
This is my play mat...I got it from my cousin Kirsten. It used to be hers, but she's MUCH too big for it now!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Thursday morning (May 22nd) I was in the bathroom getting ready for work, when I got a call from our SW. We were in the middle of a potential situation, so I was a little disappointed when SW told me that the e-mom had released all of the profiles so she could think a little more...but it turned out to be SUCH a good thing! There was a little girl in the nursery who was born April first and her mom (T) was finally able to make a decision about placement. Her dad (E) had signed TPR the day before, and T was supposed to, but had missed her appointment. T wasn't interested in looking at a bunch of profiles, she just wanted the longest waiting, heterosexual, married couple in the AA/BR program, which happened to be us!
Our SW told us to keep going about our daily lives and not to change any plans or buy anything...so we didn't. We had been planning a camping trip with our friends (we were planning to go out a couple of days early) so we both took a half day on Thursday, packed up my car and headed out to the campground. I had my cell phone attached to me at all times, and I was able to check my email, so I was in full contact with SW at all times! She had emailed me in the evening on Thursday and told me that T had an appointment for 12:30 on Friday and she would be calling us as soon as T showed up so we could pack our stuff and get on the road.
After Noon on Friday, I was beside myself. It was so hard to concentrate on anything, we were stuck in the tent in the pouring rain and we were curled up in the sleeping bag for warmth, reading. I looked at my cell phone at 12:23 and asked Jeremy if he thought we should start getting things ready to go, and he said that we should wait for the call instead of getting stuff ready and having to get it all out again if the call didn't come. About 10 minutes later, my phone rang with the special ring and our SW told us to get our stuff packed and get on the road. T was at the agency and she was meeting with the birthparent counselor.
You have never seen two people pack up a tent so fast. We had the stuff out of the tent and the tent down and in the car in less than a half hour, and we were on the road. We made a quick trip through the Wendy's drive-thru for lunch and we raced home as fast as we could. I believe I used some 4 letter words when we hit traffic, but we made it home in record time, got out of our wet and muddy clothes and jumped in Jeremy's car with the diaper bag. We had put the car seat in Jeremy's car "just in case" before we left on Thursday, so we just had to jump in and go.
We got to the agency in record time and met our SW in the lobby. She asked if we wanted to meet our daughter first or sign the paperwork first. We both decided to meet our daughter first. Who are we kidding?! So we met her briefly, and then she left so they could do the release forms. We signed paperwork for a while, and then the nurse left to go bring her back. We changed her, took a couple of pictures and then we got her bundled in her carseat and we took off! It was utterly amazing. Fast and furious, but amazing.
Our SW told us to keep going about our daily lives and not to change any plans or buy anything...so we didn't. We had been planning a camping trip with our friends (we were planning to go out a couple of days early) so we both took a half day on Thursday, packed up my car and headed out to the campground. I had my cell phone attached to me at all times, and I was able to check my email, so I was in full contact with SW at all times! She had emailed me in the evening on Thursday and told me that T had an appointment for 12:30 on Friday and she would be calling us as soon as T showed up so we could pack our stuff and get on the road.
After Noon on Friday, I was beside myself. It was so hard to concentrate on anything, we were stuck in the tent in the pouring rain and we were curled up in the sleeping bag for warmth, reading. I looked at my cell phone at 12:23 and asked Jeremy if he thought we should start getting things ready to go, and he said that we should wait for the call instead of getting stuff ready and having to get it all out again if the call didn't come. About 10 minutes later, my phone rang with the special ring and our SW told us to get our stuff packed and get on the road. T was at the agency and she was meeting with the birthparent counselor.
You have never seen two people pack up a tent so fast. We had the stuff out of the tent and the tent down and in the car in less than a half hour, and we were on the road. We made a quick trip through the Wendy's drive-thru for lunch and we raced home as fast as we could. I believe I used some 4 letter words when we hit traffic, but we made it home in record time, got out of our wet and muddy clothes and jumped in Jeremy's car with the diaper bag. We had put the car seat in Jeremy's car "just in case" before we left on Thursday, so we just had to jump in and go.
We got to the agency in record time and met our SW in the lobby. She asked if we wanted to meet our daughter first or sign the paperwork first. We both decided to meet our daughter first. Who are we kidding?! So we met her briefly, and then she left so they could do the release forms. We signed paperwork for a while, and then the nurse left to go bring her back. We changed her, took a couple of pictures and then we got her bundled in her carseat and we took off! It was utterly amazing. Fast and furious, but amazing.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Hello from North Carolina! It's absolutely beautiful here, and we're having an amazing time! It's so nice to be connected - I got a call from our counselor and she said that the most recent baby situation is this: the baby isn't born yet, and they still don't know what the gender is. The mom and dad have all of the profiles to look through, and they should have a decision by next Tuesday.
Jeremy and I are having a wonderful time, we took Lucy for a walk on the beach yesterday, and she wasn't sure about the water, but she desperately wanted to investigate the dead jellyfish on the beach. We didn't let her. I did a little investigating, and it was beautiful and gross at the same time. Cool.
We've also stuffed ourselves on seafood (fried and grilled) and wonderful Carolina BBQ, which is vinegar based and delicious! We're having a great time, and are already looking forward to the next time we're in NC. I'll be sad to go home :(
Jeremy and I are having a wonderful time, we took Lucy for a walk on the beach yesterday, and she wasn't sure about the water, but she desperately wanted to investigate the dead jellyfish on the beach. We didn't let her. I did a little investigating, and it was beautiful and gross at the same time. Cool.
We've also stuffed ourselves on seafood (fried and grilled) and wonderful Carolina BBQ, which is vinegar based and delicious! We're having a great time, and are already looking forward to the next time we're in NC. I'll be sad to go home :(
Friday, May 09, 2008
UPDATE: They changed that category to Adopting Moms - which is still kinda stupid, but it's better than what they had.
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I have to wonder what goes through peoples' minds sometimes. The depth of certain peoples' ignorance astounds me and makes me alternately sad and so angry, I want to scream.
One of my friends from my adoption board posted today about NBC's Mother's Day contest - http://www.americasfavoritemom.com/mothers-day-2008/static/semiFinalists which has a few different categories of moms. One of which is "Non-Mom" which includes Grandmothers, Step-mothers and ADOPTIVE moms. What the HELL?!?! Since when are adoptive parents NOT parents? And for that matter, when did grandmothers become non parents? And adding to that, I know some step-moms who are more mom to their step-kids than the biological mom. Who gets to say a mom is a non-mom??
The Heritage Dictionary defines Mother as A woman who conceives, gives birth to, or raises and nurtures a child, while Merriam Webster defines Mother as simply a female parent. To call adoptive mothers "Non-Moms" is a deep cut. I'm sure my friends who are adoptive moms would be surprised to hear that they aren't really moms when they're up in the night feeding and changing babies, or bandaging a toddler's skinned knee, or when teaching their teenager to drive. I'm sure that adoptees are shocked to find that the woman who they went to when they were scared or sick isn't really their mom. According to NBC, we're really more like glorified babysitters! Who woulda thunk it?
Here is the contact info for the contest if you'd like to complain...and I urge you to please do so.
1-800-225-7435
support@americasfavoritemom.com
Email for Donny and Marie Osmond
Kesti@marieosmond.com
email4donny@donny.com
And by the way, Marie Osmond is an adoptive mother herself, and I am really surprised she would associate herself with this bullshit. She should be ashamed of herself.
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I have to wonder what goes through peoples' minds sometimes. The depth of certain peoples' ignorance astounds me and makes me alternately sad and so angry, I want to scream.
One of my friends from my adoption board posted today about NBC's Mother's Day contest - http://www.americasfavoritemom.com/mothers-day-2008/static/semiFinalists which has a few different categories of moms. One of which is "Non-Mom" which includes Grandmothers, Step-mothers and ADOPTIVE moms. What the HELL?!?! Since when are adoptive parents NOT parents? And for that matter, when did grandmothers become non parents? And adding to that, I know some step-moms who are more mom to their step-kids than the biological mom. Who gets to say a mom is a non-mom??
The Heritage Dictionary defines Mother as A woman who conceives, gives birth to, or raises and nurtures a child, while Merriam Webster defines Mother as simply a female parent. To call adoptive mothers "Non-Moms" is a deep cut. I'm sure my friends who are adoptive moms would be surprised to hear that they aren't really moms when they're up in the night feeding and changing babies, or bandaging a toddler's skinned knee, or when teaching their teenager to drive. I'm sure that adoptees are shocked to find that the woman who they went to when they were scared or sick isn't really their mom. According to NBC, we're really more like glorified babysitters! Who woulda thunk it?
Here is the contact info for the contest if you'd like to complain...and I urge you to please do so.
1-800-225-7435
support@americasfavoritemom.com
Email for Donny and Marie Osmond
Kesti@marieosmond.com
email4donny@donny.com
And by the way, Marie Osmond is an adoptive mother herself, and I am really surprised she would associate herself with this bullshit. She should be ashamed of herself.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Well, it looks like the baby rush is starting again...we got a call last week about a baby girl, and we decided to put our profile in to be considered for her. Well, we weren't chosen for her, but we got a call today about a baby who isn't born yet and we don't know the sex, but we put our profile in for consideration.
If that weren't enough excitement, we're heading out to the parents' condo in North Carolina this weekend. We're driving (in case we need to head out early) and we're bringing Lucy with us! On the way down, we're going to stop in Nashville (one of my favorite places) and visit with Jeremy's oldest friend Kristian and his wife and their daughter...stay the night and head on to NC in the morning. We're looking forward to the sun, the seafood and the sand...and overall the relaxation! I can't wait to get on the road :)
If that weren't enough excitement, we're heading out to the parents' condo in North Carolina this weekend. We're driving (in case we need to head out early) and we're bringing Lucy with us! On the way down, we're going to stop in Nashville (one of my favorite places) and visit with Jeremy's oldest friend Kristian and his wife and their daughter...stay the night and head on to NC in the morning. We're looking forward to the sun, the seafood and the sand...and overall the relaxation! I can't wait to get on the road :)
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