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Paperwork's done...now what? 22 Jun 2012 | 02:41 am
Our home study is finally complete and we have the approval letter from Illinois DCFS, which only took about 2 or 3 weeks; not bad. This means that our Haiti dossier is complete, and since Scott is n...
Haiti and the Hague Convention 13 Jun 2012 | 11:26 am
If you're not adopting internationally, you may never have heard of the Hague Convention. Basically, it's a set of rules and guidelines that many countries have agreed to abide by when handling intern...
Adoption update 17 Apr 2012 | 06:24 am
The last piece of paperwork finally arrived! For an international adoption, we are required to get child abuse clearances from every state we've lived in as an adult; for me, that includes Arizona, wh...
more theological questions 30 Mar 2012 | 02:57 pm
So we just tackled the whole "animals in heaven" thing. Today, thanks in part to our church's "Journey to the Cross" program (which I really appreciate every year; thanks, Melissa!) I got a couple mo...
A morning of strange comments 29 Mar 2012 | 04:48 am
Today, as I was picking the kids up from the childcare at my gym, a young African-American girl (probably about 6-7 years old) stared in disbelief as Eleanor yelled, "Mommy!" and ran up and hugged me....
Athlete in the family 26 Mar 2012 | 09:45 am
Since it was, yet again, a lovely spring day, Miles and I went for a jog this afternoon. He's been asking to accompany me, and since I'm pretty slow for an adult, I figured he could probably match pac...
A good day 23 Mar 2012 | 02:57 pm
I feel like I complain a lot on this blog, so, in contrast, I wanted to share about the lovely, almost-perfect day I had: I woke up before my alarm clock and had some quiet time, and got the oatmeal ...
how do mothers accomplish ANYTHING? 22 Mar 2012 | 02:22 pm
OK, so I had a beautifully empty day on my calendar. I envisioned myself working out, doing meaningful special together-time projects with the kids, cooking something that doesn't involve following di...
a couple notes 20 Mar 2012 | 02:42 pm
This morning: Eleanor, squealing in mostly-fake terror: "Mommy, there's a spider in my room!" I look. I see no spider, nor anything else crawling. Miles, in his bossy big-brother way: "Count the le...
Miles: first violin solo recital! 19 Mar 2012 | 12:21 pm
Miles has now been playing violin for five months (he started when he turned five - it was his birthday present), and today he had his first solo recital. And he really rocked it! He takes a private l...
