It took me over 20 years of life and moving out to figure out a large part of my mom. My mom is a chicken soup mommy. My mom shows her love via cooking. And because of this if any of us are ever sick she goes to work making homemade chicken [...]
We’re back - safe, sound, and very tired. I know there’s been some fabulous news since I’ve been gone and I want to try to get in some time to comment, maybe this weekend.
I have to go (the only thing we have for breakfast is popsicles). I’ll update all about my trip later, [...]
I’m leaving in a little bit to go to the dentist. He’s pulling out my wisdom tooth today. I am scared out of my mind. I’ve only heard horror stories about how much it hurts. So I’m not terribly excited to be doing this.
And tomorrow night I get to pack for our vacation. So I’ll [...]
My grandparents 50th anniversary is next week. This is the card I made for them. The text says,
“Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.”
I am continually amazed by the type of love that my grandparents have for each other. That’s what I want. Forget [...]
I haven’t been able to keep up here. In the next 4 weeks I have 6 parties, 4 of which I’m helping put together. I haven’t had much time for anything else, that and our vacation next week.
BUT, I did finally manage, after talking about it over and over and over, to get Chloe excited [...]
I have some time to kill at my mom’s house so I thought I would download the pictures they have on their camera here. They watch my daughter all week so they had quite a few.
Chloe playing in the livingroom. She really is a mini person now.
My mom grows wintermelon. They’re HUGE. The ones [...]
We have had discussions about questions we may be asked by complete strangers when we adopt so it’s something we’ve been sort of preparing appropriate reactions for what may be insensitive comments or questions.
Today, we did our weekly grocery shopping. When leaving, someone asked us if Chloe is our daughter. I was [...]
