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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Bedrooms, Ooh, Pretty! | 8 Comments
One evening not so long ago, two gigantic cardboard boxes arrived on our doorstep. We sprang eagerly from our seats on the couch, because we’d been anticipating the arrival of the crib and changing table from the faraway land of Tar-jay.
D turned on XM satellite radio’s 60’s on 6 channel, and we set to […]
Friday, February 6th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Bedrooms, Shopping Disease | 6 Comments
The room that we’ve been tentatively calling the nursery still looks more like a catch-all than a space a child would want to call his/her own. Until now, I’ve avoided even thinking about decorating it as a nursery, because I was afraid having a room all set up with crib and curtains and whatnot […]
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Family & Friends, Misfortune | 15 Comments
I’m not a big crier. I hate crying, especially in front of people. It makes me feel too vulnerable. That said, I’ve cried on at least 10 out of the last 14 days.
Two weeks ago we found out through our adoption facilitator about a sibling group of three bi-racial children (a 4-year-old and 16-month-old […]