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Year One | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. June 15, 2016. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot of the babies who passed through our lives during the adoption process, especially the three boys who were born within eight days of each other in May of 2015 – our Elroy, Baby E. And “ Lewis. How many teeth do they have? I know where two of them ended up, and I check in on them periodically, thanks to a little Facebook stalking. Even though it has been a year now, these little...

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A Birth Mother’s Story | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. A Birth Mother’s Story. October 12, 2016. I listened to this podcast the other day – A Birth Mother’s Story with Tammy Thompson Davis Part 1. I had just finished my own post about Expectations in Adoption. And listening to this podcast reaffirmed my growing understanding of Elroy’s birth mom (and the other expectant moms we met in our adoption process). It’s a wild story. Listen to it. Do it! November 3, 2016 at 11:43 pm. George and Jane,.

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Process | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. As we joked in the About. Page, the adoption process is a bit complicated. Our agency–a nationally recognized Christian organization–gave us two checklists totaling 33 steps. Before you even get to the checklists, couples have to make several major decisions–open/semi-open/closed, international/domestic, infant/older child (foster care), healthy/special needs, and more. Here is a simplified overview of the process:. 3/27/15 – The agenc...

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mokda | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. A Birth Mother’s Story. October 12, 2016. I listened to this podcast the other day – A Birth Mother’s Story with Tammy Thompson Davis Part 1. I had just finished my own post about Expectations in Adoption. And listening to this podcast reaffirmed my growing understanding of Elroy’s birth mom (and the other expectant moms we met in our adoption process). It’s a wild story. Listen to it. Do it! October 12, 2016. I am so pleased that he inherit...

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Expectations | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. September 10, 2016. I’ve recently started following the BraveLove. Website, a site that celebrates and acknowledges the important role of birth mothers. Many of the contributors to the site are birth moms, and it’s been super helpful for me to read about adoption from their point of view. This article, “ Expectations in Adoption. And that’s okay. One quote from the BraveLove article jumped out at me: “. It’s been two and a half months ...

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Also the Real Deal | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. Also the Real Deal. May 28, 2015. I love so much that upon hearing he was about to be a dad, George immediately went shopping for warm winter clothes for the little one. This baby needs gear! A little boy was born early this morning. His mom suddenly found herself surrounded by family members willing to support her in raising him. She took the day to think about it, and now she’s decided to parent him. We picked out a name. No words. Jus...

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Got Breastmilk? | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. May 24, 2016. Dear Breastmilk Momma,. I’m writing to you in the wee hours of the morning, on Elroy’s 1st birthday, to say thank you, thank you, thank you. When Elroy arrived in our arms, he was a bit of a gassy guy. That was one of the few things we knew about him before we met him. He was on a formula for sensitive babies, and even that was a nightmare for him to digest. But I had my reasons for not trying. So, thank you for this unbelievab...

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Moving On | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. January 23, 2015. How has it been only a week and a half since that match meeting? Each day has dragged by while we’ve waited to hear some kind of update from our social worker. We’ve been dragging too. The silence has been incredibly heavy. We finally got news from her last night. So, here we go again! 2 thoughts on “ Moving On. Pingback: Better Days So This Is Adoption. Pingback: Year One So This Is Adoption. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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What Lies Ahead | So This Is Adoption

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So This Is Adoption. Looks Like We're Gonna Need a Bigger Tent. October 12, 2016. Recently, I found a surprising source of one of his particular trademarks. People have asked, “Where did he learn to make that face, with his nose scrunched up and his chin in the air? 8221; I usually shrug my shoulders and say he just made it up. Then I saw a picture of his bio-cousin (4 months younger than Elroy) making the SAME FACE. I’ll never know what’s buried in those genes of his. October 12, 2016 at 6:09 pm. I love...