This blog is all about our adoptions. Since Abel is now home, we're a family, and the door is closed on this chapter, I'll be back ...

Here's the video you've all been waiting for. Dean's brother Dave did all the recording, and discovered it's hard to get sh...

Here are pics from our trip home. I don't have the ARRIVAL video yet. Hopefully I will have it tonight so I can keep the blog in chrono...

Well, it was an interesting trip home! The we caught our first flight from Belgrade to Munich at 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Although he was...

In just 17 hours we will be on our first of three flights home. Oh, we cannot WAIT to hug on all our little kids! We can't wait for the...

It normally takes the US Embassy 2 days to process the Visa. Sometimes they can get it done in one day. (do the application in the morning,...

Today we were up really early. Ok... Abel was up early and Dean and I laid in bed doing rock/paper/scissors to see who was going to get up ...

One good thing about this adoption process, Abel is learning about being in a family in a gradual way. First with just Dean and me, and nex...

On April 24th, 2013 in Sid, Serbia A little boy  who has spent 10 years all alone is an orphan NO MORE! Introducing ...

When I first got custody of Axel 2 1/2 years ago, if he was sitting "still" he was doing the orphan rock. He would do it to put h...

Here's how it's *supposed* to go, and it's how it went for both Axel and Asher's adoptions: Day 1) get signature Day 2) ...

We have a signature!!! Our adoption will be final at 10:00 tomorrow morning in Sid, Serbia!!!

Here's where things stand at now: We did not get a signature today. Our sitter at home told us the absolute longest she can stay, so ...

So, we brought B back to the institution this morning. The staff could see the difference in him immediately. He was calm. He gave hugs. He...

This morning we brought B back to the institution. The difference in him was visible to the staff. He was CALM. He gave us each a hug when ...

This morning B got up and had a big breakfast with Papa, went potty on the toilet, and just 'hung out' until I got up. All things h...

Tomorrow we have only one task on our schedule. Tomorrow we must bring B back to the institution. It feels no different than if, after 1 ...

My adoptive family friends often comment about the small cars in Eastern Europe. Last week we put the Burmans, us and our driver in a car m...

Last week we went on a field trip to the Belgrade zoo with our friends the Burmans. As we toured the zoo, people around us complained. ...

You've probably noticed a lot of pictures of B which include a building block. The institution staff told us he never, ever.....ever......