The Good Stuff Week of February 2

[theatrepal]

How's it going? What good things have happened adoption or otherwise the last few weeks? 

QOTW: What is your favorite vacation that you've taken? 

[theatrepal]

1) We got to spend time with friends yesterday that live out of town. We had a great time catching up and playing card games with the kids.

2) We got to have this awesome curry last week. I found the recipe recently and LOVE it.

QOTW: I got to go to Hong Kong and see my Dad after he had been there almost a year. It was a wonderful trip. The city was amazing and it was great to share it with him after he had been there for so long.

[shemarie82]

We have been waiting for all the ladies to have their financial stuff in line so that we could book our Vegas trip, we finally got together on Friday and got an amazing deal. Only 16 days left till we leave!

We had our 18 niece over this weekend because she needed to get out of her house. My wife is SOOO good with her. It makes me think that we might be okay opening up our age range past 4.

QOTW: About 5 years ago, we drove from Michigan to Boston, with two young children. The thought is scary now, but it was a great vacation. We have friends that live there, so they made sure that we saw all the important stuff. I would love to go back!

[roxy]

We got the first draft of our Home Study to review today! It needs to have a few minor corrections made, but then it will really be done. I'm hoping that once it's done we will get responses back on a couple of kiddos that we asked about.

QOTW: We went to Mexico a couple of years ago for Christmas and it also happened to be the first time I had ever left the Country. We intentionally didn't take phones or any electronics with us. Unplugging was exactly what we needed.

[pinkie]

1) our little guy is really growing and changing. He holds toys, puts them in his mouth, is really trying to roll. Our older son is talking like crazy, he sort of has learned his alphabet and can count to 10. I swear all this happened since Christmas!!

2) favorite trips have been to Hawaii. We have been to all the islands, Maui is my favorite followed (close second) by Oahu. We would love to take the boys but we aren't crazy enough to take two this young for a 10 hr plane ride

[carolinah]

I had my first U/S today and everything looked perfect. I'm not a cryer but after she said "this is your sweet baby, and here is the healthy heartbeat" I was crying too hard to see the screen or speak. The relief and joy I feel is indescribable. This journey has been long and painful but this moment took it from "worth it" to "110% worth it". I knew that I didn't go through through all that for nothing for A's sake, but today when I managed to look at my husband through my tears to see the joy in his I saw how worth it it was for me.

Also, I immediately gave A's Mom, D, the happy news. She told me she was teary with joy and just so happy for me. She then asked if she could be Auntie D, and I couldn't imagine it any other way. I love the amazing family we've gained and the many people that will love this baby. I love that he or she will grow up with A as a family member. I love open adoption. My heart could explode.

[gnomesweetgnome]

Well, I posted my best update last week. We should be getting our new court date for finalization in the mail any day now.

Not much else has been going on. I started my new job a couple of weeks ago, and that is going well so far. I am exhausted by Saturday afternoon, though!

[Captain Serious]

1. It was M's birthday yesterday. I can't believe he's 12! Where did the time go?!?

2. I think my favorite vacation was to Patagonia. We drove and hiked throughout much of southern Chile and Argentina, and it was unbelievably gorgeous and rugged. I loved every minute of it!

[redandblue]

So I guess the best things that have happened for us this past week is going with my mom and DS to visit my grandmother (she lives about 3 hours away so we don't get to visit very often). It was such a nice visit and good to relax a bit. When I was giving them the updates on our adoption process my step-grandfather started to get choked up and shared that he and his pre-deceased wife fostered a little girl when she was 2 years old. As we talk with people about our journey, it feels like we are getting closer to those around us. It feels like such a special bi-product of this journey. Another great bi-product is that DH is SUPER motivated to get stuff done around the house! This weekend he began replacing our main Stair's (I have been wanting to get rid of the carpet for a while! ). We also ordered a map of the world mural for our future LO's room!

QOWT: our favourite vacations a toss up between our honeymoon to Mexico or one of our first game camping trips. It was a beautiful provincial part and we had a great just our little family!

[nextchapter24]

Feb 2, 2015 12:03:27 GMT -5 theatrepal said:

How's it going? What good things have happened adoption or otherwise the last few weeks? 

QOTW: What is your favorite vacation that you've taken? 

1. Not too much in the adoption world. We have been telling everyone close to us that didn't already know. That has been going well We have been spring (wishful thinking!) more like winter cleaning and cleaned every closet and extra room in our house over the past few weekends. We are getting our house ready for a baby and getting ready for a nursery

2. Tie between my Honeymoon ( Punta Cana) and tour of Italy- rome, venice, pisa, florence, sienna etc. with my family. Both were such different experiences and really great vacations. 

[gnomesweetgnome]

Our favorite vacations have been to San Francisco and Salt Lake City.

[packerfan4life]

L is doing great. She's smiling, learning how to hold herself seated for 10-15 sec, playing with things a lot more, and drooling like crazy. Last night she even slept pretty well (only 2 wake ups) so that was nice.

We finally got the date for the parenting class we need to take before finalization. Of course it's a Sat I work, but hopefully I'll be able to find someone to cover for me. There's an online class but it's an extra fee and I'd really love to meet some adoptive families in our area.

Favorite vacation would have to be a trip to France and Italy my H and I took 5ish years ago. It also happens to be the trip where he finally proposed, so that made it even more special!

[pinkie]

packerfan4life - how old is your LO? Our baby has started the crazy drooling! I don't remember it starting this early with our older son.

[packerfan4life]

Feb 4, 2015 16:40:00 GMT -5 pinkie said:

packerfan4life - how old is your LO? Our baby has started the crazy drooling! I don't remember it starting this early with our older son.

pinkie - she's 4 and 1/2 months old and has been drooling up a storm for at least a month. It's ridiculous