I remember back 26 years ago when I told people I was expecting my first baby. Even though I was only 19, I was married, and people said ...

I've been awake since 4:30 this morning, hoping I would find an email in my box today. Oh how thrilled I was to see that email address!...

Choosing a child to adopt is so hard! No matter what child you choose, you know that others are being left behind. Some will get lucky and ...

 I think I mentioned previously that it starts with a "B". Yesterday we found out our new little guy's name. A couple peopl...

I was going to post this last week. However, with the tragedy that our nation faced on Friday, with parents loosing their hearts within the...

So the last time I wrote was September 12th. At that time we were just starting the process to update our homestudy. And then we stopped....

Does your child's school have secrets? Here's a not so lovely post by the Families Against Restraint and Seclusion blog . The post ...

I'm sure some of you reading have things you can add to this. Please join in! You know you're adopting internationally when: Yo...

Here's what's on my agenda for this week: Monday: pick up new local and state criminal checks Visits to schools Tuesday: Boys...

Ok...wow...I didn't really expect people to be THAT surprised. LOL So, to answer some questions: 1) We are just starting to update our...

Almost 9 months ago when I brought Asher home, Dean, Angela and Axel met us at the airport. We shared hugs and laughs with some of our exten...

If you're new here, I'd like you to go read this post . It's about "Ivan", a little boy I met on my most recent trip t...

Now that we're home, and I've finally got this blog caught up to GETTING home, and since Asher's transition home really involves...

*Disclaimers* #1 Dean is still learning to work his camera #2 Check back in a bit and the video should be rotated so you can watch it. #3...

So we arrive in Frankfurt. First task is to get off the plane. Remember, it's me with a large (read very heavy)  backpack on my back, c...

I know it seems like we've fallen off the planet, but we really ARE here. It's just very busy. There is lots to catch up on from my ...

I have a problem when I'm coming home from Serbia. I would would call it a habit now that I've been there four times in 19 months an...

Asher is used to eating breakfast around 6:30-7:00 a.m, which is around midnight our time. Thankfully he slept until almost lunch time...or ...

After a couple delays coming from Chicago, we finally made it home at 6:45 last night ( or 1:00 a.m. Serbia time, so Asher and I had been up...

So here is the list of specialists Asher needs to see. These are known issues , not things that have yet to be discovered, and you know we w...