Post by redandblue on Dec 11, 2015 21:05:12 GMT -5
Hello Everyone!
This will be our first Christmas with our dear sweet M! As the holidays approach I'm curious to hear what other people do around the holidays and if you have any regular traditions with your LO's? Could be adoption related (as the holidays are a time to reflect on family) or another family traditions you participate in? Since this is our first Christmas with DS2, I'm trying to figure out if there is anything different we want to start, now that we are a family of 4.
Our family traditions include being with all of our 'people' (friends/family). We have multiple days of celebrating (read eating/drinking!) and lots of laughs. We don't usually do any gifts on Christmas Eve, but rather wait until Christmas morning. I have never had to worry about what DS1 could open before we got up, because literally every year I have had to wake him up (he's 16yr!)!
This year with DS2 we are making plans to get together with his bio-siblings at some point over the holidays (ages 5yr and 7yr). They live a couple hours away but are from our city, so they will be coming back to celebrate with their families. Their grandparents (adoptive father's parents) have expressed interest in meeting our family over the holidays. What an unique and interesting family we now have! To be honest that was an interesting thing to consider when we received the invitation for the other AP via email. We have only met the family once (two weeks after M was born), but have stayed connected over FB. Does anyone else have openness with their LO's biological family? Or like us, other adoptive families?
M's BM is not ready at this point for any contact with us (and we are not sure if she ever will be). We continue to send letters and pictures through our CAS and I have made her a glass fusion necklace for a gift. We are not certain that she will receive these before the holidays, but I felt it was very important for us to continue to send things along, if/when she decides she would like contact, she knows our doors/arms are always open.
I look forward to hear what other people are planning over the holidays!