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Aaron and I have been discussing our options lately to open our currently closed adoption. We have told a few people and constantly get the same questions ~ Why would you open an adoption with someone who cannot speak your language, has a different culture and of whom you are blissfully unaware? We have yet to come up with a perfect answer for the first two but the last one we will outright say is … Read entire article »
Filed under: adoption, Daddy, family, Little Man, Little Princess, Mommy, Parenting journey
MomTV Recap – How Having Special Needs Children Can Affect Your Other Children
Parenting can be and sometimes is overwhelming. Add a disabled child, whether that child’s disability be physical, mental, learning-oriented or some other condition, and parenting can be that much more daunting. When you have more than one child, no matter how able or disabled each may be, there are strategies to handling parenthood to help the entire family form healthy bonds with each other and cope with the challenges that such a household can bring.Here is a list of the tips that we discussed last night on Multiple Moments! For the full discussion please watch the full show below! Get Organized and Stay on Schedule Provide Positives to Each of Your Children Teach Your Children How to Interact with Each Other Take Parenting Breaks and Get Other Help as Possible Find your non-special needs child … Read entire article »
Filed under: MomTV, Parenting journey
Chesouk and the Scenic Drive
One year ago today I was all packed and ready to go to Korea, my phone rang NON-stop and I was trying very hard to shop on the Scenic Drive with family before we all piled into my mom’s car, complete with car seats and drove to Chicago to board the plane to Korea. I was trying not to think of all the things going on in Korea at the time, like Chesouk (Korean Harvest Moon Festival – similar to our Thanksgiving but lasts longer than our Thanksgiving). I was VERY VERY VERY nervous and I think at least once during the day wondered if I really knew what I was doing (for the record I didn’t). There are moments today where I am right back there – the nerves … Read entire article »
Filed under: holidays, Parenting journey
One year ago….
(Little Princess’ First Picture – she was 4.5 months old) (Little Man’s First Picture – he was 4.5 months as well!) Has it really been a year since we received that e-mail that changed our lives? We had accepted the twins referral back in April unofficially, officially in early July and then waited….and waited. We would sign whatever they sent us and worried that the day would never come that we would be allowed to go to South Korea and pick them up. September 30, 2008 I got an e-mail that I could not believe at all….when you are ready, they are ready. There were a few e-mails back and forth as I could not believe this was really happening and a ton of tears. The day we had been waiting for … Read entire article »
Filed under: adoption, Parenting journey
I HATE the twos squared
So, lately I have been a little stressed about some things that I do not plan to discuss on here but my biggest stress is my children and those wonderful (insert sarcasm) terrible twos. I am so not sure what happened to my beautiful amazing babies but some demon has inhabited them and refuses to let them go (I am kidding, kind of). Since they have so few words and the ones they do have are rarely used correctly, their primary method of communication is to scream until they get what they want. I really should not be using they as if it happens with both of them, because Little Princess does try to get her point across with the few words she knows, sign language and gestures BEFORE … Read entire article »
Filed under: Little Man, Little Princess, Parenting journey
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