Family in the making

The hardest part about this post was the title.  Or was it the content.  Or was it picking from the thousands of photos.  Who am I kidding, it’s all emotional.
2 years ago today we walked into Baby Home #2 in Khabarovsk, Russia as two people traveling on a journey.  We walked out parents (and now [...]

Dinner Conversations

Elle: Time to come to dinner little boy
Boy: No, I don’t want to come to dinner, I’m tired.
Elle: Well if you’re so tired I guess you better go to bed without a bath, book or dinner.
Boy: Oh, alright.
*family sits down to eat dinner*
Boy: Pray song!
Elle and trusty husband: not tonight
*Elle and trusty husband proceed with [...]

Bitchy Cranky

It is currently 9:06 a.m. and I already want to sell my child on eBay.  I was fortunate enough to be able to sleep in this morning, but that’s where there the goodness stops.
My breakfast was less than satisfying.  I was deluding myself to think that the gluten free waffles that I complained about last [...]

1st Head Trauma

It took a year of having the boy home before we had to make our first ER visit.  It was a year and a half before the boy projectile vomited on me.  Evidently it took 2 years to achieve the status of “survived bleeding head wound.”
I think this is the worst fear of mothers of [...]

8:30 a.m.

Boy: (runs into my office) May I have Os in a cup?
Elle: No, it’s not snack time
Boy: But Handy Manny’s not coming on (snack time is after Handy Manny, which is on at 9:00)
Elle: Well I’m sorry about that.  I guess you’ll have to wait
Boy: But you have to hurry
Elle: I suppose, if you give [...]

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