This I Know and This I Don’t

1. Ice cold filtered water may just be the most satisfying drink. Ever.
2. Ice cold Diet Coke comes in a close second.
3. I love my job. Yes, there are days when I want to scream at the inanity of some administration decisions, but for the most part, my daily interactions with my students are so [...]

Go Visit!

Go over and give congrats to my friend Joy who was just placed with her beautiful daughter!!!

Friday Pics!

Just around the corner from our house, cows…………
and in our front yard this afternoon:

Bunnies Rock!!
Next picture: Where can I get one of these, a push button start baby?

That’s from my retirement account’s huge “prospectus” book that came in the mail today. The cover also had this on the front…..read it carefully….

Do you see it? The, [...]

Calling All Moms

Reason I’m writing this, see below.
<—— Why I’m asking this one entry back.

I was perusing Amazon for baby books on the first year, you know, just so I have some kind of primer and know not to let my kid shove peas up her nose or her fingers in electrical sockets.

Also, I figure, those books [...]

And Up We Go

And the roller coaster goes up the incline again.
SW called with a new situation. Pbparents (potential birthparents) are in PA, baby due end of June/early July. Full Caucasain. Don’t know the gender yet.
And so we wait. SW said we’d hear in a few days to see if we were chosen.
I need some [...]

Not Yet Ours

Well, we got the call and the bparents did not pick us. They picked a couple in PA since they are in PA. Art and I are both relieved  (that we don’t have to rush around) and disappointed at the same time!
It’s difficult to have parenthood come so close and then vanish. But I’m [...]

Well!

Hey baby,
Well, we got a call today that we could be meeting you tonight. You are in Pennsylvania and medically healthy, that’s all we know. We don’t even know if you are a boy or a girl. Our profile is being shown to your birth parents as I write this.
I’m wondering what you look like, [...]

We Love You Already

We don’t know where you are, if you are even conceived yet. We don’t know if you are a girl or boy. We just know that we love you already and can’t wait to meet you, child of mine.