The summer leading up to our fall in Florida was a whirlwind, but there we were, at the hospital, waiting to go upstairs and discharge our daughter. S had just been discharged herself and had signed the termination of parental rights. The only way she could come back to claim the child was by proving [...]
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Our Little Girl (or, Our Adoption, Part 4)
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, Children, kids, life, parenting on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not What We Anticipated (or, Our Adoption, Part 3)
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, families, kids, life, parenting on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part 2 ended with us “cautiously optimistic” about S’s little girl. Everything continued to fall into place. We just couldn’t believe it! We flew into Florida very excited; S was supposed to be induced the following day. We called our social worker immediately after disembarking from the plane — everything was still on schedule, all [...]
What Wasn’t Meant To Be (or, Our Adoption, Part 2)
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, life, parenting, waiting on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1 ended in April, ‘07. We had just sent our profiles to our agency in Florida, and we were now playing the waiting game. We had told our families and close friends of course, and they all were very supportive. No one thought it odd that we would adopt a bi-racial or African-American child; [...]
“I LOVE her hair!”
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, bi-racial families, family, hair, life, parenting on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hear this comment quite often — second only to “She’s SO cute!”
Yesterday, Carly and I went to Costco for our monthly diaper, wipes, cheese block, and miscellaneous stuff run. She absolutely loves going to the store — any store. Come on, she gets to ride in the cart, have Mommy all to herself, and [...]
How It All Began (or, Our Adoption, Part 1)
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, bi-racial families, domestic adoption, family, kids, life, parenting on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In honor of Carly’s first birthday (in three days!), I figured I’d finally share how she came into our lives.
It started in December ‘06 when we called an agency here to find out more about the whole adoption process. We initially wanted to go international — more on that later — but we weren’t sure; [...]
Ask me about our adoption!
Posted in adoption, tagged adoption, babies, bi-racial families, family, kids, parenting on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am an advocate for domestic adoption. I love it when people stop me and ask about Carly — where she “came from” and how we “got” her. People have been honest and kind with their questions. They’re usually surprised to find out she was born in Florida and was discharged from the hospital with [...]
