Our Adoption Journey!: Back to School 2011

Our Adoption Journey!: Back to School 2011:
Newest pictures of the kids are on our adoption blog!

Our Adoption Journey!: Holding my Breath....

Our Adoption Journey!: Holding my Breath....: "....hoping that the certification comes back from the court this week. The weekend away did help some....but I had a stomach bug while we we..."

Our Adoption Journey!: Being a MOM

Our Adoption Journey!: Being a MOM: "While sitting in the movie theater today with my children I was reflecting on the value of being a stay at home mom. We go to a kid friendly..."

Our Adoption Journey!: So touched....

Our Adoption Journey!: So touched....: "I guess it is because I don't see what I do day in day out as extraordinary or special I was shocked and humbled when I read my husband's no..."

Yummy!

Fresh potatoes from our garden. I can't believe how well the yukon golds did this year....not to mention the zucchini which always does well and the egg plant! Helen is learning to peel potatoes so she can help with dinner tonight ;0)

Our Adoption Journey!: Keeping busy....

Our Adoption Journey!: Keeping busy....: "For my birthday, I picked out this beautiful fabric and over the last few days I made a Mei Tai Carrier and a beautiful one of a kind diaper..."

Giving Back....

Giving Back....

I know this story is not related to our adoption, but it is so very important that I am posting it to all of my blogs. One of my longest friends growing up, Kym, is friends with a woman who's husband was killed recently in Afghanistan. She is the mother of an 18 month old little boy and is expecting their second child in just a few months. I can't even imagine what this mother is going through at the moment, losing a husband and provider and facing raising these two small children without a dad. I know if it was me, I would be pretty destroyed and lost at the moment and would be in need of a lot of community support. My friend came to me because of our own recent fundraising efforts and we talked about some ideas to help this woman and her babies. One of the ideas we came up with was to do a diaper drive. We did talk about cloth and alternatives, but neither of us are sure how easy this would be for this mom and we are trying to make her life a little easier. So I contacted major diaper manufacturers and sellers, well I got something promising back from diapers.com, offering to set up an account for the woman so that donations could be made to the account and she could purchase what she needed from the donations they received. I liked this idea because diapers.com sells a lot more than just disposable diapers like formula, clothes and other diapering options. I am sad to say that both Luvs and Pampers were very disappointing saying they only donate on the national level and found myself thinking that if it was not for women in her situation, who's husbands have fought for our country and way of life over the last couple hundred years, there wouldn't be a "national level". I was a little annoyed to say the least, BUT I know there are a lot of individuals out there with very giving hearts that would be more than happy to donate....I know that even small donations help because when a dozen or more small donations come in they really add up. I will post links to the diapers.com account as soon as it is set up. In the mean time, here is a link to Staff Sergent Apolinar's story, and as always, we appreciate all of your love and support. You have given so much to us, and it is time we all give back:

http://www.kvoa.com/news/brewer-statement-on-glendale-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/