When I opened the mail to discover this piece of paper, I think I was more excited than the day I graduated college! Yes, graduating in four years all while going through heart treatment after we found out my heart was two times too small at eighteen years old was well, hard. But, man. So. [...]
Category: Adoption
The Talk with Emry I Never Saw Coming
“When do I go with my new mommy and daddy?” we heard coming from the backseat. What? Being so confused, we said nothing for a few seconds. Then she repeats, “When do I go with my new mommy and daddy?” I whispered to Chase, “Do you think she is talking about the baby?” She then [...]
Get It Out
SO very excited to announce that our Home Study part of our adoption is done! Last week we had our home inspection and two days worth of interviews. It is such a relief to be past that step. If you have been through this, you know what I mean! The first day, our case worker [...]
Adoption: 1 year
In just a handful of weeks it will have been one-year since we began our adoption journey. The same weekend Emry turns 4 we will hit our one year mark, so I am doing a review of our year now because I know I will be occupied with a 4 year old’s princess party then! [...]
Adoption: Chase’s quick 1 year insight
It is hard to believe it has already been a year since we started the adoption process, but I know that we are right where we are supposed to be. We definitely had a different timeline in our heads about how this was going to work and we have dealt with the disappointment of not [...]
Raw Healing 