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Category: adoption
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Lately a couple people have said to me that they are amazed I’m able to stay so positive with all the ups and downs and hoops this adoption journey has brought me through. It isn’t every day that I’m super bubbles and butterflies positive. There have even been times when I’ve questioned whether we should…
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Yes, we’re still adopting. Yes, it’s been a looooong time. 10 years actually since we started trying to have a baby. BUT we’re closer than ever! Our agency has come up with some more classes we have to take (9 this month), but then after that we can be matched. Once the classes are completed…
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Well, my nails have almost all broken since the Shellac came off. That stuff is amazing but unfortunately we aren’t rich so I can’t afford to be Shellac’ed all the time. In other news, meet Hank. My friend Christina has a daughter Ella. Ella always wants to go out with us so I promised her one…
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Home stretch! We have had all of our home visits and inspections from the fire department, social worker, etc. We have filled out all of our forms. We have taken all of our classed. We are CPR certified. Right now we are waiting for the state of NC to approve our foster parent fingerprints.…
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We had our office visit on Monday. It was required for our licensing. During the visit we learned something that is kind of a bummer. We have to be chosen by the child(ren)’s social worker. Which makes sense. I guess my brain just never made the connection. So basically once our home study is complete…
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I’m a planner. Considering we’ve been trying to adopt for 5 years now I’ve had plenty of time to plan. We’ve discussed everything from dating rules for our kids to who’s going to pay for their first car etc. One of the things I’ve thought about lately is languages. It is so important now to…
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I have not read the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I have read many articles about the book, which is not as good as reading the book itself. I’m not sure I want to read the book. But that’s not what this post is about. As you can imagine, over the last 5…
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2011 is going to be a big year for us. On March 3 CSP & I will celebrate 10 years married. On December 12 CSP will turn 40. Between March & December we’ll have lots of other things going on as well I’m sure. We’ve decided to celebrate those two milestones with a Disney Cruise…
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