Two years ago, today, Alex and I drove down to San Antonio to meet our son for the very first time. We ate lunch at a Panera, brushed our teeth in the parking lot of a convenient store, and then sat nervously in a crowd of parents in the cafeteria of The Kid’s 2nd grade … Continue reading
Hey booger- Maybe, some day you’re going to be a parent. Whether via adoption or the old fashioned way, you’re going to stare at your child lovingly, wonder how God could have created such a perfect little person. You’ll imagine all of the dear times you’ll have together, finger painting in the sunshine and laughing … Continue reading
Hey buddy boy- You sleepwalked for the first time last night. I’m kind of a kook about you getting enough sleep so I was surprised when you threw open your door last night and walked halfway down the hallway an hour after bedtime. Then, you just stood there and looked at us. When I asked … Continue reading
Hey boo- You’ve been home 14 weeks now. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to just start counting in months instead of weeks because when people tell me that their baby is 119 weeks old, I get a little confused. I don’t want to perpetuate that descriptive system, so you’ve been home three … Continue reading
Hi boo- Last night, we rode bikes to the nearest snow cone stand. We just found this place and it’s currently your all-time favorite. You can’t get enough. I’m pretty sure you could eat an entire extra large snow cone if we would let you, but your teeth would be vibrating until Wednesday from the … Continue reading
Hello there, you hunky pumpkin (inside joke)- Today is a big day. HUGE, actually. For two reasons… Big Day Reason #1: You have been home for two months today. That’s two months of time that we got to play and laugh and fight and make-up and travel and dance and sing and swim and hang … Continue reading
Hi there, you tiny human- You and I had our very first bad morning yesterday. I wasn’t really surprised because we’ve been expecting it. We knew it would come eventually, because, as I mentioned before, you are a human, and most humans have good days and bad days. We’ve talked about how people can get … Continue reading
Dear son, Tomorrow morning, you and your caseworker will get on a plane and fly to Dallas. You don’t know this yet, but your dad is going to be there too to fly home with you because it’s your first time ever to fly and we just could not fathom missing one more “first”. I’ll … Continue reading
(Fair warning: Strong feelings evoke strong language, especially when I’m in tiger mom mode, which I am currently. If you’d like to chat with me about it, feel free to come over and I will catch your hair on fire with a single flick of my tiger-mom eyes while you scold me.) Hi baby- I’m … Continue reading
Dear son- We met you this weekend. Your talent show was a whole TWO HOURS long and, in a cruel twist of fate, you were the very last act so we spent the whole show alternately crying and telling each other facts, like “Did you know that baby koala bears eat their mom’s poop?” so … Continue reading
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