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
California Trip: Part 2, Sacramento
On Sunday of our trip we left San Diego and drove up to grandma and grandpa's house in the Sacramento area. I love going there to visit. It's always a relaxed time. 🙂 Aurelia loved getting lots of grandma and grandpa time and Daniel was excited to have some of grandma's cinnamon jumble cookies (they're … Continue reading California Trip: Part 2, Sacramento
California Trip: Part 1, San Diego
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
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