Every year since Brayden was born, Blaine and I have sent flowers to her birthmother, “M”, on Brayden’sbirthday. I mean really, there is no gift quite appropriate enough to convey the heartfelt message, “Thank you so much, your selflessness helped us become a family and we will never, ever, ever be able to repay you [...]
It has been brought to my attention that I’ve dropped the ball with regard to the story of how our family became complete. To be honest, after the drama and excitement of our Infertility!!And Contested Adoption!! the rest of the story is a little boring and anticlimactic. When I left off with the story previously, [...]
Comments on the comments. Again. I know, how obnoxious am I? **Joy was sung by Staxx of Joy. **Liz, the hotel reservations I was making in Seattle are for our summer vacation plans, although Blaine will be up there next week by himself. **To all those who have been kind enough to ask about Blaine, [...]
Actually, this journal entry is more like two weeks late. I didn’t intend to go so long before updating, but since returning from my trip last weekend, I keep getting sidetracked by pesky chores like sleeping. And bathing. And feeding my children. So thanks to those of you who have waited patiently, checked in for [...]
You remember when Justin Timberlake took the liberty of flashing Janet Jackson’s boob at all of us during the Super Bowl Half Time Show a few years ago? And then, when the television network required him to publicly apologize for his actions, his exact words were, “I’m sorry if that offended you” — Do you [...]
And we took Brayden home from the hospital, and she was the greatest baby ever, and we lived happily ever after. Forever and ever. Amen. Um, yeah. You didn’t think it would be *that* easy, did you? A few things first ……from your comments: To all the adoptive parents, birth parents, prospective parents, and adoptees [...]
M had stated that she was willing to have us at the hospital the day Brayden was born, and we were more and more excited as that day drew closer. As a side note, M managed to keep the sex of the baby secret, like we asked, throughout the entire pregnancy, but just a few [...]
Just like the ketchup song. The next five months went by both unbelievably quickly, and agonizingly slowly. When Blaine and I got settled in Los Angeles, we had a 1-800 line installed in the house so M could call us whenever she wanted. Sounds a little silly now, but back then, e-mail was a brand-new [...]
I gave notice at my job, to the employer who had been so very understanding and supportive of the eight thousand medical appointments, the days and days of doctor-ordered bedrest after each IVF, and the birth parent classes and requirements from the adoption agency, that I had to take off work to attend over the [...]
Like I mentioned earlier, I had kept pretty close wraps on our efforts to conceive the first two years, but once we moved to the base in our hometown, it was more difficult to keep quiet. At first, I was excited because I was Soooooooo confident that the fertility treatments would be successful, and I’d [...]