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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Thrift Store
One of our favorite things to do as a family is pick out new books from the thrift store. We have TONS of children's books and we bought most of them for $.25-.75. Board books are usually pretty expensive and Aurelia can't quite handle paper pages yet so it's nice to be able to get … Continue reading Thrift Store
Fire Station Friday
I left my phone in California last week, so thankfully I ran into my friend Brittany when I was out taking Aurelia for our morning walk yesterday. Brittany had planned for the neighbor kids to have a tour of the fire station in our neighborhood! Daniel came home a little early from work so we … Continue reading Fire Station Friday
In Defense of Birth Moms
Alright. I've given myself a few days. In fact, I've given myself over a week. Whenever something really upsets me I give myself a few days to calm down, think rationally, and gain some perspective before I respond, blog or facebook about it. This has saved me from saying and doing a lot of stupid … Continue reading In Defense of Birth Moms
NO NO NO!
We don't know what brought this on but Aurelia got really hyper during her dinner last night. We had been working/playing out in the yard the last few hours, came in and gave her a bath (that's why her hair looks this way), then gave her a quesadilla for a late dinner. There was no sugar … Continue reading NO NO NO!
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