Last weekend we took a quick trip to Seattle and Portland for my cousin's daughter's baptism. It was a great weekend crammed with doing lots of fantastic things and seeing lots of fantastic people. I'll do a post about that trip later, but this post is about meeting one person in particular - my birth … Continue reading Six Tips for Meeting Your Birth Family for the First Time
In my last post I referred to Noah's birth mom as his "first mom". I had heard this term before and didn't like it. When I first heard it I thought of two people competing over Noah and going "I was first!". I thought it was weird.During the month Noah spent in the Children's Hospital … Continue reading First Mom or Birth Mom
From the time we first started trying to adopt people said things like "that's so great that you're adopting," or "you're doing such a good thing". It made me uncomfortable, and I don't mean that in the "heroes don't like being called heroes" kind of way. It made me uncomfortable because, as harsh as this … Continue reading We’re the lucky ones
"Is she yours?"I think this is the question we've gotten more than any other since adopting Noah. We aren't shy about his being adopted and when people hear we have a 3 year old daughter that always seems to be their first question, "Is she yours?". The first time I heard it it kind of … Continue reading Is She Yours?
Our son has a name! We've decided to name him...Noah
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