Hold your horses… and your cow
Growing up I remember being told two phrases over and over … “Hold your horses” and “You’re getting too big for your britches.” Both are popular sayings in most southern families. And neither are super flattering. I’ve always been too…
Though now for a little while
I love New Year’s resolutions. I love taking a moment to think about how we can better ourselves. To look back on last year and see how we can improve. I don’t love how we make these resolutions with the…
Not your everyday delivery room
There are so many differences between adoption and pregnancy. (there are also many similarities, but that’s another blog) One biggie is that our delivery rooms look pretty different. For those that are adopting our delivery rooms change pretty often. And…
The dirty word
I watched her write it. I sat and watched her write that word. We were sitting in the nurse’s office at ART getting our game plan together. We hadn’t officially gotten all the test results back, but the doctor and…
It Takes a Village
The photographer was the first person, other than one of my best friends and a few adoption specialists, to hear our news. We wanted to tell our parents with announcement pictures, to make it special as any other expecting couple…
The Adventure Begins
I need to get all of this down now. While it’s still fresh in my memory. Tonight in our tiny, but perfect kitchen. Our kitchen with only two cabinets, a dishwasher that doesn’t work and a very noticeable crooked floor.…