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Little Miss

Our family welcomed our new Little Miss, via adoption, on Friday, April 12th. She arrived eight days early.  She and I spent a couple days in the hospital, as she…
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Best Valentine Ever

Our beautiful, sweet, daughter is four years old today, on Valentine’s Day. Four years ago today, open adoption changed our hearts and lives forever.   Best.   Valentine.   Ever.…
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New Baby Checklist

It’s been a while since we had to gather supplies and gear for a new baby.  Mister was only 14 months old when Sister was born, so we already had…
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Adopting Again

We’ve told the kids, and now we can tell the world…  we’re adopting again!  I can’t tell you how happy we are to announce that our little family of four…
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Thoughts on Open Adoption

November is National Adoption Awareness Month.  As I mentioned in my Celebrate Adoption post, Hubs and I knew we were called to adoption.  Our daughter is adopted from within the…
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Celebrate Adoption

We knew before we got married that we wanted to adopt (in fact, I’ve known since I was about six years old that I wanted to grow up and adopt). …
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Two Kinds of Love

My daughter came from two families, giving two kinds of love. I cringe when people ask "why did her birth mother give her up."  She didn't.  She made an adoption…