4 days till we leave and Ryan decides to do a “little” paint project that involves re-painting every door in the house and the master bedroom trim and ceiling beams. I’m memorizing Property Law doctrines for my 4-hour final tomorrow to the sound of her drilling on new door hardware (oh, yeah, let’s replace all […]
(Only do people who can’t post photos of their babies blog pictures of their luggage. Whatever.) I’ve learned to leave Ryan alone about the luggage. It’s a major player in our lives at this point. Here it is in the front room. Inconspicuously (oh, alright, a mound of luggage like this can’t really be inconspicuous) […]
Finals That we didn’t pack enough preemie formula That we didn’t pack enough diapers How there is no more room left in our luggage for anything That all those 6 months onesies in the luggage are way to big for either of our babies That we packed too much preemie formula Attachment That we should […]
No ear infections, no stomach flu, no “increase feedings” notes (duh.) – just two healthy babies! Baby Girl – 12 lbs 13 oz (1 lb gain in 2 weeks) at almost 6 months. Baby Boy – 9 lbs 9 oz (3 oz gain in 1 week) at almost 5 1/2 months. And 4 adorable pictures […]
I have 3 finals to take for law school. My last one will be the day before we leave. Talk about timing. #so-grateful-we-have-no-words-to-express In 11 days, we start our journey involving 3 flights, 4 airports, and 28 hours of international travel. I’m expecting this to be about as much fun as having a root canal […]
How do you pack for 6 weeks in Africa? You start with a list, then obsessively search adoption blogs for better packing lists, then do formula math – oh wait, times that by two – and then fanatically evaluate the pros and cons of buying (poor quality, sure to leak, and expensive) diapers there or […]
We’ve struggled with how much of our babies’ stories to keep private. We want to share every detail, but we stop ourselves because at some point, these babies will be children with questions (some we can answer, some we can’t) about where they come from. The thought of Drunk Uncle Rick (no, I don’t have […]
We typically get our weekly updates on the same day of the week, in a half-hour window during the evening. Our updates have been so identical in timing that Ryan and I were ready, early Thursday evening, with our emails open and a kg-to-lbs calculator pulled up. When no updates came in that magical half-hour, […]
I’ve already sorted through the babies’ clothes, picking out the outfits that will fit when we return and stacking them oh-so-nicely in the dresser – identical little stacks of pjs, onesies, and little baby leggins. So since there’s nothing left to “nest” with their clothes, I’m moving on. Next stop: re-sterilizing the bottles. (But weren’t […]
For those of you who believe in a higher power and pray for blessings, health, and healing…please join us in praying for our tiny son. For those that aren’t higher power/prayer people, we’ll take positive thoughts too! This week’s updates came with a report of of the stomach flu for Baby Boy. He’s gained one […]
Barefoot in the Dirt 