Adoption Preparation

  • China Adoption Pack-List

    Before I forget what we packed and what we needed and didn’t need–I better right it down for any mommas who might ask me our packing 2 cents. (Got an email just today–and thought it’d be a great thing to share…this is for you Katie:) When you finally get that TA–it can be so hard […]

  • Post-Adoption-Prep: “The First Days Home…When There’s a Full House”

    Families have asked me how to prepare for the first weeks home after international adoption (and honestly these would apply to bringing home through foster care and even a newborn too!)–and to be honest–even after a year home with our first one, I had to really THINK HARD what to tell them. It’s really hard […]

  • Protected: Frank and Isaac 101

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  • THE Birthday Party {happy 2nd birthday Zeke!}

    So last week I got surprised with pictures from the party that was delivered to Zeke’s orphanage in China! Ann from Red Threads is amazing! We contacted her a couple of weeks before Zeke’s birthday once we realized there was no way we would be there by then–and she quickly helped us put together a […]

  • Mother’s Day {when your heart longs on this day}

    I’m sitting here…typing tonight–unable to sleep. In this empty nursery. Longing for it to be filled. I am also a mom. But tonight my house is quiet…as the four little ones are split up in two by two tonight–half with Gigi (Rich’s mom) and the other two with Nana (my mom). On Mother’s Day Eve. […]