Saturday, November 30, 2013

Six years of motherhood

Six years ago today, Elizabeth and I met and became a family. It would be another year and a half before the adoption would become final, but it is on this day, 11/30/07, that I really consider that I became E's mom. I am not her only mom. J will always be her first mom. I love J and consider her part of my family although we've never met.

Some adoptive moms have said they wish their child came from them. I never wish E had come from me. If she had, she would not be exactly who she is, and I wouldn't change one single thing about her.

Happy Family Day! Six years goes fast!

 

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Sitting in the social worker's office

Six years ago today, in San Diego, CA, I sat in my adoption social worker's office. I'd gotten "the call" about two weeks earlier. Every adoptive parent knows about "the call". The most important call of your life. The one you wait and wait for, and dream about every night. The one where the social worker calls and tells you that there is a child for you. In my case, the wait really wasn't very long. It was only 3 months from when CPS approved me to adopt until I got the call.

So, on this day in 2007, I met with two social workers to learn all about a 4 month old baby girl who needed a permanent home. I knew they had pictures of her, but they wouldn't show them to me until after they had told me everything they knew about her. They wanted me to focus on all the information they were telling me, instead of just staring at her pictures, which I surely would have done if they had given me the pictures first. I'd known for almost two weeks that my answer was going to be yes. When the social worker finally brought out the pictures of her, I practically grabbed them out of her hand. And when they asked me at the end if I was "interested" in being this baby's mom, it was all I could do not to laugh. Actually, I think I did laugh. Of course I want to be this baby's mother!!

 

 

Hey there

So first, there's this...my baby's FIRST GRADE picture!!!

 
 

All is well here. I've been in my new job 6 weeks now, and it's been going really well so far. I love my manager, and I'm on a great team. One cool thing is that I get to work some from home. I love it because I can zip Elizabeth to school and be back home and on the computer by 8:30. This is awesome, because I don't have to take E to before-school anymore. At $5 a pop, not having to do that is a very good thing. Plus, I avoid sitting in traffic. Win-win!

And her obsession with wearing her wigs continues...

 

Last weekend we did a little bowling...

 

 

Not too much else going on here...life is good!:)

 

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