Yesterday and today we had our individual interviews! First I'll just say I'm pretty sure our caseworker is the coolest caseworker out there. We both really like her, and she doesn't read our blog so I'm not just saying this to suck up :). She's awesome! We are so glad we have her. Kim interviewed … Continue reading Adoption Update: Individual Interviews
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Adoption Update 9/26
We had our joint interview today! 🙂 Kim (our caseworker) interviewed the two of us together about our relationship and marriage. It was fun 🙂 We were asked about how we met, our dating/courtship, our marriage, how we show affection to each other, how we handle conflict, what causes conflict in our marriage, how we … Continue reading Adoption Update 9/26
Remembering Our Babies
"Because someone we love is in Heaven, there's a little bit of heaven in our home."Today was our little September baby's due date.It's difficult knowing today there won't be a baby here to love, hold, cuddle, feed, or take for walks. That first miscarriage was easily the most difficult thing I've ever been through.As we came … Continue reading Remembering Our Babies
Family Prayers For a Two Year Old
Every night we say family prayers together before putting Aurelia to bed. Lately she has started having a tough time sitting still for the prayer so we decided to tweak how we pray a little bit to keep her attention 🙂 We're trying to use short sentences, words she understands fully and to pray about … Continue reading Family Prayers For a Two Year Old
Openness
The level of openness in an adoption is a personal choice and each family needs to do what is best for them and their situation. Some people want minimal contact while others have frequent personal contact. A common fear I've heard when talking to birth moms or reading birth mom blogs is the fear that the … Continue reading Openness
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