Noah has a complicated "family" day or Noahversary as we like to call it. Hubs and I arrived in Ethiopia on August 20, 2006. We met and held Noah for the first time on August 21st--for a total of about an hour. He was then taken back to the hospital, where he stayed until August … Continue reading Noahversary Year 4
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Balance On The Family Vacation
We leave in less than three weeks for our annual family vacation--Hubs, myself, our two kids, my brother and his partner, my other brother and my mom. My mom started this tradition 2 years ago and it's great. This will be our 3rd family vacation and I am excited. We are doing another cruise--which is … Continue reading Balance On The Family Vacation
Vacation Is Good
I know...who doesn't know that. We took our first driving vacation with both kids this past weekend. Noah has been on several trips to Chicago/Indiana but Zoë has not. Zoë hates the car and for the longest time we just didn't want to subject ourselves to the torture of her screaming, crying, whining, etc. But … Continue reading Vacation Is Good
Enjoying The “Calm”
I have two weeks left before the chaos that is my life starts and picks up again. I have one more semester of pure and utter pain and chaos and then I am hoping things will settle down to a manageable amount. This coming semester is going to be crazy. I will be working my … Continue reading Enjoying The “Calm”
I’ll Stay Out of It Thank You
We are home for our trip to stay at my MIL's vacation house in New Hampshire on Newfound Lake. We had a nice time, but it always a difficult place to be and I have finally figured out why it is difficult. A little bit of background on this place. It is just one hour … Continue reading I’ll Stay Out of It Thank You
