Now that the reality of our much-extended wait has set in, I realized that we have a lot of changes to make if there will be no travel and no baby this fall.  I will confess I spent a good part of the rainy day today feeling sorry for myself.  I have decided, though, that […]

Well, wouldn’t you know that I went and jinxed myself by getting out all those baby clothes?  I should have known better.
Bad news this week in expedited referral-land.  Most agencies didn’t get any expedited referrals for the third month in a row.  New rumors indicate that we could be in for a much longer wait […]

This morning, M was wandering around the house singing a little song under her breath. 
"What are you singing?" I asked.
"Fock, Fock, fock focky fock!" she sang to the tune of Skip to My Lou.
"Fock?  What does that mean."  I asked.
"Fock is what you say when you are surprised." M said.
"Ohhh?"  I asked.
"Yes.  Yesterday Daddy […]

I may have mentioned it here before, but in case I didn’t: Age 3.5 is a, uh, challenging age for darling M.
This is how a typical interaction has gone between us for the last few weeks:
M is minding her own business riding in the car-shaped shopping cart at the grocery store.  I push us up […]

A’s BIL & sister were in town today visiting and they asked if we could babysit their 8 month old daughter.  Baby S is a total charmer, a total sweetheart.  Of course I agreed to watch her.
As much as I love her, there is a tiny hitch about Baby S.  She is approximately the age […]