OK so I just tried to copy and paste a picture from my FB acct to this blog, and of course I couldn't get it to post. UGH!!
Cambria is 23 months old today!! Can't believe it!! I am having her 2 year old birthday pictures taken next week, and I'll get a CD of the pictures from the photographer. So I should be able to post some of those pictures to this blog. Cross your fingers for me for good luck with technology! ;)
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Moving On
Everyday I am pulling a little further away from the adoption world. And by that I mean I don't talk to my adoption friends all the time like I used to. Actually I haven't talked to them all the time in over a year. I saw my friends who adopted babies before me do this same thing...pull away and no longer talk non-stop about adoption. They said they just wanted to focus on being a mother and spend time with their baby that they had been waiting so long for.
I am following in their footsteps. Which makes my husband happy. He did not like how I spent so much time talking to my adoption friends by phone, text, email and Facebook. And reading adoption blogs. Oh those adoption blogs became a total time-suck for me. I spent so much time reading blogs and writing my own blog posts. And my posts were almost always filled with the same theme....me whining and sad because we hadn't got the call yet. Then me whining and sad because of our failed adoption. Oh and I almost forgot how much time I spent checking adoption websites that listed available adoption situations. And talking to adoption friends about other adoption friends we knew and their adoption stories. And then I spent so much time looking into new adoption agencies to sign up with and updating our adoption profile books. Dave said I treated it like a part-time job and I was so focused on it. He says I now need to channel that energy into something else.
I still am on several email group lists and Facebook pages of adoption professionals and adoption support groups. Some of them I've told we have adopted a baby, but they did not delete me from their list for some reason. Up until recently, I still used to read every adoption situation that came by way where they were looking for adoptive parents. Before I used to say it was for my friends that were still waiting for "The Call". Now the truth is that pretty much all of my friends have adopted their baby by now. Some have decided their time was up and they were moving on with their lives without adopting. (To me, I could never have given up that dream.) One friend sold all of their baby stuff and then recently decided to try and adopt thru foster care and are almost done with the certification process. I'm happy she didn't give up. She took a break and then came back around with a different approach. Instead of domestic infant adoption, she is doing foster-to-adopt. She really wanted a daughter as much as I did.
Adoption costs have gone up so much in the past 2 years since we've adopted Cambria. It is unbelievable how much they are charging now. It is highway robbery. Another adoption friend that has gotten the short end of the stick so to speak with adoption of a daughter said these high costs are too much for them. She has also explored foster-to-adopt.....she has fostered 30+ kids and it has never been "her turn" to adopt. Sucks so bad. She also wants a daughter as much as me. Anyways, I think they are finally calling it quits and getting off the adoption roller coaster...without her bundle of pink joy. I am so sad about this.
Now I only read a part of the available adoption situations, sometimes I don't even open the email. {GASP!} I still talk about adoption and Cambria's adoption situation (how I strongly feel she was meant to be my daughter), especially to people who are considering starting on the adoption journey. Before I would stop what I was doing to read about a possible adoption situation. Now I just want to live my life as a mother.....and not necessarily as an adoptive mother. Just spend time with my kids. What is the point of spending so much time reading about adoption cases and the adoption scammers. Yep, those girls are still out there scamming poor naive adoptive parents. We had our fair share of adoption scammers too. Lonely sad bored girls who would rather spend all their time talking to adoptive parents about a fake pregnancy than getting out in the world and spending time with real people or getting a job and earning some money. Who on earth would want to talk to an adoptive mom all day long about an adoption plan when they weren't even pregnant? So pathetic that this is how they have to get some attention. But I digress.....
At one point, I really wanted to give Cambria a baby sister. I love having a daughter so much that I wanted another one. Dave said no. I was really sad about that and didn't want to admit we were actually finally done growing our family. Now I am at peace with that decision. I am so busy with our 4 kids and doing fun things with them and not-so-fun things like homework, that I can't honestly see adding a 5th child to our family. It's just another chapter closing. And it's time I move on with my life and pursue other things.
I really wanted this blog to not be solely an adoption blog. I wanted it to be a family blog about ALL of my kids. But I am terrible about posting pictures. And who really wants to read about what we do every day or every weekend as a family? Today Zack had baseball practice. I took my other kids to the gymnastics place for open gym time with their friends. I went to Target and bought detergent & spray & wash to do laundry. Jacob went to the movies with his friend and his mom. Zack went to his friend's house. Then we picked Zack up and his friend came with us to Crac.ker Bar.rel for dinner and then we took them to the indoor batting cages to get some extra batting practice. They have their first fall travel baseball team tournament next weekend.
Wow wasn't that so exciting?! Lol! So I think I will be lucky to get one blog post done from now on.
I am going to go now and try and post a picture of Cambria from our mommy & me dance class this week in a separate post!
I hope everyone has had a fantastic summer full of fun.... I know we did! Now the kids are back in school and it's back to reality. I am praying for some inspiration on this blog.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! :)
I am following in their footsteps. Which makes my husband happy. He did not like how I spent so much time talking to my adoption friends by phone, text, email and Facebook. And reading adoption blogs. Oh those adoption blogs became a total time-suck for me. I spent so much time reading blogs and writing my own blog posts. And my posts were almost always filled with the same theme....me whining and sad because we hadn't got the call yet. Then me whining and sad because of our failed adoption. Oh and I almost forgot how much time I spent checking adoption websites that listed available adoption situations. And talking to adoption friends about other adoption friends we knew and their adoption stories. And then I spent so much time looking into new adoption agencies to sign up with and updating our adoption profile books. Dave said I treated it like a part-time job and I was so focused on it. He says I now need to channel that energy into something else.
I still am on several email group lists and Facebook pages of adoption professionals and adoption support groups. Some of them I've told we have adopted a baby, but they did not delete me from their list for some reason. Up until recently, I still used to read every adoption situation that came by way where they were looking for adoptive parents. Before I used to say it was for my friends that were still waiting for "The Call". Now the truth is that pretty much all of my friends have adopted their baby by now. Some have decided their time was up and they were moving on with their lives without adopting. (To me, I could never have given up that dream.) One friend sold all of their baby stuff and then recently decided to try and adopt thru foster care and are almost done with the certification process. I'm happy she didn't give up. She took a break and then came back around with a different approach. Instead of domestic infant adoption, she is doing foster-to-adopt. She really wanted a daughter as much as I did.
Adoption costs have gone up so much in the past 2 years since we've adopted Cambria. It is unbelievable how much they are charging now. It is highway robbery. Another adoption friend that has gotten the short end of the stick so to speak with adoption of a daughter said these high costs are too much for them. She has also explored foster-to-adopt.....she has fostered 30+ kids and it has never been "her turn" to adopt. Sucks so bad. She also wants a daughter as much as me. Anyways, I think they are finally calling it quits and getting off the adoption roller coaster...without her bundle of pink joy. I am so sad about this.
Now I only read a part of the available adoption situations, sometimes I don't even open the email. {GASP!} I still talk about adoption and Cambria's adoption situation (how I strongly feel she was meant to be my daughter), especially to people who are considering starting on the adoption journey. Before I would stop what I was doing to read about a possible adoption situation. Now I just want to live my life as a mother.....and not necessarily as an adoptive mother. Just spend time with my kids. What is the point of spending so much time reading about adoption cases and the adoption scammers. Yep, those girls are still out there scamming poor naive adoptive parents. We had our fair share of adoption scammers too. Lonely sad bored girls who would rather spend all their time talking to adoptive parents about a fake pregnancy than getting out in the world and spending time with real people or getting a job and earning some money. Who on earth would want to talk to an adoptive mom all day long about an adoption plan when they weren't even pregnant? So pathetic that this is how they have to get some attention. But I digress.....
At one point, I really wanted to give Cambria a baby sister. I love having a daughter so much that I wanted another one. Dave said no. I was really sad about that and didn't want to admit we were actually finally done growing our family. Now I am at peace with that decision. I am so busy with our 4 kids and doing fun things with them and not-so-fun things like homework, that I can't honestly see adding a 5th child to our family. It's just another chapter closing. And it's time I move on with my life and pursue other things.
I really wanted this blog to not be solely an adoption blog. I wanted it to be a family blog about ALL of my kids. But I am terrible about posting pictures. And who really wants to read about what we do every day or every weekend as a family? Today Zack had baseball practice. I took my other kids to the gymnastics place for open gym time with their friends. I went to Target and bought detergent & spray & wash to do laundry. Jacob went to the movies with his friend and his mom. Zack went to his friend's house. Then we picked Zack up and his friend came with us to Crac.ker Bar.rel for dinner and then we took them to the indoor batting cages to get some extra batting practice. They have their first fall travel baseball team tournament next weekend.
Wow wasn't that so exciting?! Lol! So I think I will be lucky to get one blog post done from now on.
I am going to go now and try and post a picture of Cambria from our mommy & me dance class this week in a separate post!
I hope everyone has had a fantastic summer full of fun.... I know we did! Now the kids are back in school and it's back to reality. I am praying for some inspiration on this blog.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! :)
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Done With Blogging?
I think I am just about done with blogging. I don't have the passion for writing and spilling out my thoughts like I used to. I think it happens a lot after people hit the 2 year mark after adopting. I've seen so many bloggers stop writing after the baby turns 1 (whether they are the birth mom or adoptive mom). Cambria will be 2 in September. Incredible. The ultra-fast passage of time blows my mind.
I feel like I have nothing interesting or insightful to share on this blog at this time in my life. Same with Facebook. I pretty much just share pics of my kids on there. And I suck at posting pictures on this blog. I'm so sorry.
Today was the first day of school for Jake and Josh. Again, no pictures to share. Oh sure, I took them and Instagrammed them and Facebooked them, it's just a pain for me to post them on here for some reason. Zack starts school next Monday. Jake and Josh both had good first days. Josh had his 1st day of 1st grade today! Jacob 4th grade. Zack 7th grade.
I think I started blogging 4 years ago this month. Yep, I think it was August of 2010. We had been waiting for "The Call" for months and it felt like an eternity. I wish I could see the future.....I would have told myself to hang tight and preoccupy myself until Sept. 2012! Lol.
I haven't talked to Cambria's birth mom too much lately. An occasional message or comment on a picture on Facebook. She doesn't have a cell phone right now, so we aren't texting or talking on the phone like before. Plus she doesn't usually ask me many questions about Cambria anyways. Her birthday is coming up, so I'm trying to figure out what to get her. I've already gotten her kids a couple things to include in the package. I still need to get pictures printed to mail to her with her birthday present. I might make a photo book album on Shutter.fly for her. Cambria's birth father has been liking just about all of the pictures of her I've posted recently. I'm glad he can see her and watch her grow up from a distance and know that she is happy and doing well.
My first friend when I moved to Phoenix way back in 9th grade is finally pregnant with her first baby....at 43. I'm so excited for her. She's having a baby girl and is due the day after Cambria's birthday. I'm surprisingly not jealous at all. Usually if someone is pregnant with a baby girl, I get a wee bit jealous! I love having a daughter and would love nothing more than to adopt another baby girl to give Cambria a sister. However, the hubster says no way- 4 is enough!
Well, it is really late and I should go get some sleep. I hope to have some inspiration soon and be back at blogging.
I feel like I have nothing interesting or insightful to share on this blog at this time in my life. Same with Facebook. I pretty much just share pics of my kids on there. And I suck at posting pictures on this blog. I'm so sorry.
Today was the first day of school for Jake and Josh. Again, no pictures to share. Oh sure, I took them and Instagrammed them and Facebooked them, it's just a pain for me to post them on here for some reason. Zack starts school next Monday. Jake and Josh both had good first days. Josh had his 1st day of 1st grade today! Jacob 4th grade. Zack 7th grade.
I think I started blogging 4 years ago this month. Yep, I think it was August of 2010. We had been waiting for "The Call" for months and it felt like an eternity. I wish I could see the future.....I would have told myself to hang tight and preoccupy myself until Sept. 2012! Lol.
I haven't talked to Cambria's birth mom too much lately. An occasional message or comment on a picture on Facebook. She doesn't have a cell phone right now, so we aren't texting or talking on the phone like before. Plus she doesn't usually ask me many questions about Cambria anyways. Her birthday is coming up, so I'm trying to figure out what to get her. I've already gotten her kids a couple things to include in the package. I still need to get pictures printed to mail to her with her birthday present. I might make a photo book album on Shutter.fly for her. Cambria's birth father has been liking just about all of the pictures of her I've posted recently. I'm glad he can see her and watch her grow up from a distance and know that she is happy and doing well.
My first friend when I moved to Phoenix way back in 9th grade is finally pregnant with her first baby....at 43. I'm so excited for her. She's having a baby girl and is due the day after Cambria's birthday. I'm surprisingly not jealous at all. Usually if someone is pregnant with a baby girl, I get a wee bit jealous! I love having a daughter and would love nothing more than to adopt another baby girl to give Cambria a sister. However, the hubster says no way- 4 is enough!
Well, it is really late and I should go get some sleep. I hope to have some inspiration soon and be back at blogging.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Long Time No Blog
I haven't blogged since July 1st! Sheesh!
Cambria is 22 months old and is full of sass! I love it! So different already than raising sons! She has finally hit the word explosion phase. I was starting to worry a bit that she was behind on talking. And now she says plenty of words! Her newest word is "goggles". (I was packing up the pool bag to take the kids to the pool today!)
One more week of summer vacation remaining here in these parts. This summer went by so fast. Zack's All Star baseball team won their district championships. We went to the state tournament this month. They played against the big city boys....and lost. Sadly.
Then last week we took Zack and Jake and 2 of Zack's friends to Santa Barbara where they went to a Ni.ke baseball camp. So cool! What a neat experience. Many thanks to my parents for watching my little kids and dogs for us while we were out of town.
Today I had a pool party for my friends and our kiddos. Super fun. Even when they had to get out of the pool for lightening! YIKES! But then the rain and lightening stopped and the sun came out and they were back in the pool. Yahoo!
And as for our open adoption....not too much to report. Cambria's oldest birth-sister turned 6 this month so we sent her some presents and also included a couple things for her birth-brother too. Between her birth parents, she has 3 birth sisters and 2 birth brothers. Plus my 3 sons makes 8 siblings for her. I'm jealous. I only have one sibling.
My MIL had major extensive surgery for her metastatic ovarian cancer. After a brief scare and being placed on a ventilator, she is doing better and is out of the hospital. Praise the Lord!
We are trying to cram in a bunch of last-minute things before school starts next week!
I'm happy to report I have the back-to-school shopping and haircuts checked off the good ol' to do list!! ;)
Sorry no pictures again. Hopefully next time.
Cambria is 22 months old and is full of sass! I love it! So different already than raising sons! She has finally hit the word explosion phase. I was starting to worry a bit that she was behind on talking. And now she says plenty of words! Her newest word is "goggles". (I was packing up the pool bag to take the kids to the pool today!)
One more week of summer vacation remaining here in these parts. This summer went by so fast. Zack's All Star baseball team won their district championships. We went to the state tournament this month. They played against the big city boys....and lost. Sadly.
Then last week we took Zack and Jake and 2 of Zack's friends to Santa Barbara where they went to a Ni.ke baseball camp. So cool! What a neat experience. Many thanks to my parents for watching my little kids and dogs for us while we were out of town.
Today I had a pool party for my friends and our kiddos. Super fun. Even when they had to get out of the pool for lightening! YIKES! But then the rain and lightening stopped and the sun came out and they were back in the pool. Yahoo!
And as for our open adoption....not too much to report. Cambria's oldest birth-sister turned 6 this month so we sent her some presents and also included a couple things for her birth-brother too. Between her birth parents, she has 3 birth sisters and 2 birth brothers. Plus my 3 sons makes 8 siblings for her. I'm jealous. I only have one sibling.
My MIL had major extensive surgery for her metastatic ovarian cancer. After a brief scare and being placed on a ventilator, she is doing better and is out of the hospital. Praise the Lord!
We are trying to cram in a bunch of last-minute things before school starts next week!
I'm happy to report I have the back-to-school shopping and haircuts checked off the good ol' to do list!! ;)
Sorry no pictures again. Hopefully next time.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Summer Update
Cambria turned 21 months old last Monday, and Zachary turned 12 last Tuesday.
Unbelievable how fast time is whizzing by.
Summer vacation here is half over. 5 weeks have already gone by. I am trying my best to make it super fun for my kids. There has only been one day this summer that we've just stayed home all day.
At this point, I could use a few more of those kind of days!
Zack had his birthday party on his birthday....the first time ever. It was at the pool at our neighborhood athletic center....so beautiful there. Between his friends from school and baseball friends plus a few of my other kids' friends, there were 28 kids there! And of course they had a whiffle ball game in the grass!
Speaking of baseball, Zack's team won their district championship! Again! 2 years in a row! Now they go to the state tournament in a couple weeks!
This year the middle school kids had to apply to get into the Honors' academy at his middle school. The principal let us know Zack got in. Not really surprised. But still. He has decided to go to the Ba.sis school here instead for 7th grade. Which was a bit surprising. Only a few of his friends are going to Ba.sis. I'm not sure how much any of you know about the Ba.sis schools. Goo.gle them...check them out. Academically, they are amazing. Good education & a lot of the students get into good colleges and get scholarships. The only thing is...he won't be able to play on the high school baseball team-if he would make it. Do we think he is going to get a huge baseball scholarship or play in the MLB? Nope. But I think it is important for kids to stay active and not play video games all day (this problem already has a huge obesity problem) and being on a team sport provides exercise, friendships, and keeps the kids out of trouble. With that being said, Zack wants to be a vet first, or a doctor second. He would have a better chance of getting into a great college (and maybe with a scholarship) and then getting into vet or med school by going to Ba.sis than by going to our local high school (which isn't that fantastic, I am sorry to say). 2 of my college roommates send their kids to the Ba.sis school in their city (same class even! How ironic.) and they love the school.
Anyways, Z can do travel baseball still. Big changes are in store for us next month when the new school year starts!
As time goes on, I become an even lamer blogger than the month before!
My daughter is developing quite the little personality! She is loving and funny and giggles and loves to play with our dogs and her brothers....and she is pretty strong-willed! She knows what she wants and wants it right that minute! Lol! She loves blueberries. She hates to have bows and barrettes in her hair Sigh....because I bought her a million! HA! She likes to color (Scribble?!) and uses her left hand mostly...... I have found out that her birth sister and birth aunt are lefties! (So are my son Z and my mom, so she fits right in. As if she didn't already!) I firmly believe God knew exactly what he was doing when he connected birth mom all the way across the country in NC with us.
Dave's cousin has a daughter 2 days older than Cambria. And my BFF's niece is 1 day older than Cambria! Anyways, Dave's cousin is pregnant again. And if I were being completely honest.....I got that jealous feeling in the pit of my stomach again! UGH! When does that go away? I mean, at some point in life, ya gotta quit growing your family. I mean, unless you're the Dugg.ars.
I am exhausted at the end of each day from trying to be a good mom to 4 kids and 2 dogs and a wife and taking care of this household, etc. So why am I jealous? Is it because I had the hysterectomy so that ship has really sailed? Anyways, I know it is ridiculous for me to feel that way. Maybe it's because the end of family-building signals "We're getting older" as my husband likes to say!
And as I typed that last paragraph, I just remembered I have laundry in the dryer that isn't going to fold itself!
Goodnight & hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about soon.
Unbelievable how fast time is whizzing by.
Summer vacation here is half over. 5 weeks have already gone by. I am trying my best to make it super fun for my kids. There has only been one day this summer that we've just stayed home all day.
At this point, I could use a few more of those kind of days!
Zack had his birthday party on his birthday....the first time ever. It was at the pool at our neighborhood athletic center....so beautiful there. Between his friends from school and baseball friends plus a few of my other kids' friends, there were 28 kids there! And of course they had a whiffle ball game in the grass!
Speaking of baseball, Zack's team won their district championship! Again! 2 years in a row! Now they go to the state tournament in a couple weeks!
This year the middle school kids had to apply to get into the Honors' academy at his middle school. The principal let us know Zack got in. Not really surprised. But still. He has decided to go to the Ba.sis school here instead for 7th grade. Which was a bit surprising. Only a few of his friends are going to Ba.sis. I'm not sure how much any of you know about the Ba.sis schools. Goo.gle them...check them out. Academically, they are amazing. Good education & a lot of the students get into good colleges and get scholarships. The only thing is...he won't be able to play on the high school baseball team-if he would make it. Do we think he is going to get a huge baseball scholarship or play in the MLB? Nope. But I think it is important for kids to stay active and not play video games all day (this problem already has a huge obesity problem) and being on a team sport provides exercise, friendships, and keeps the kids out of trouble. With that being said, Zack wants to be a vet first, or a doctor second. He would have a better chance of getting into a great college (and maybe with a scholarship) and then getting into vet or med school by going to Ba.sis than by going to our local high school (which isn't that fantastic, I am sorry to say). 2 of my college roommates send their kids to the Ba.sis school in their city (same class even! How ironic.) and they love the school.
Anyways, Z can do travel baseball still. Big changes are in store for us next month when the new school year starts!
As time goes on, I become an even lamer blogger than the month before!
My daughter is developing quite the little personality! She is loving and funny and giggles and loves to play with our dogs and her brothers....and she is pretty strong-willed! She knows what she wants and wants it right that minute! Lol! She loves blueberries. She hates to have bows and barrettes in her hair Sigh....because I bought her a million! HA! She likes to color (Scribble?!) and uses her left hand mostly...... I have found out that her birth sister and birth aunt are lefties! (So are my son Z and my mom, so she fits right in. As if she didn't already!) I firmly believe God knew exactly what he was doing when he connected birth mom all the way across the country in NC with us.
Dave's cousin has a daughter 2 days older than Cambria. And my BFF's niece is 1 day older than Cambria! Anyways, Dave's cousin is pregnant again. And if I were being completely honest.....I got that jealous feeling in the pit of my stomach again! UGH! When does that go away? I mean, at some point in life, ya gotta quit growing your family. I mean, unless you're the Dugg.ars.
I am exhausted at the end of each day from trying to be a good mom to 4 kids and 2 dogs and a wife and taking care of this household, etc. So why am I jealous? Is it because I had the hysterectomy so that ship has really sailed? Anyways, I know it is ridiculous for me to feel that way. Maybe it's because the end of family-building signals "We're getting older" as my husband likes to say!
And as I typed that last paragraph, I just remembered I have laundry in the dryer that isn't going to fold itself!
Goodnight & hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about soon.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ovarian Cancer
No, not me.
My MIL has stage 3 ovarian cancer. We found out on Monday. Wait~ scratch that. I knew she had it back in April when Dave's sister was visiting and said "have you noticed how Mom only eats 2 bites and says she's full and her tummy looks really big and full and she says she's bloated.....
Bloated. Right then and there I knew. SIGH..... But she waited until 2 weeks ago to go to the dr. and had a CT scan. Apparently she's had symptoms for 4 months. SIGH....
I told my mom & she texted me back and said, "You had your ovaries out last summer when you had your hysterectomy, right????"
Yes, yes indeedy I did. Thank God. Well, one of them had to go....it got its eviction notice because it had the abnormal mass on it...that was getting bigger. We debated about whether to remove the other one..... menopause vs. worrying about getting ovarian cancer in that one. The decision was made for me. My endometriosis was so bad (stage 3) that the other "healthy" ovary....well, the fallopian tube that goes with it was totally caked with endometriosis..... and so the whole reproductive system came out in one neatly caked together package! Seriously. Uterus, tubes, ovaries....all stuck together.
Lovely image, I know.
Menopause is actually a pleasant thought compared to ovarian cancer.
She is having surgery July 8th to remove the mass. Then she is supposed to do chemo to treat the cancer that has spread in her abdomen.
I'm so busy these days with summer vacation. Wait....isn't summer vacation supposed to be just that...relaxing? Bahahaha! Not in my world. But anyways, my point was I've been so busy that I think I've lost weight without even trying! I haven't been mindlessly eating boxes of crackers and cupcakes.
Gotta go- I have about a hundred things left on my to-do list and it's almost bedtime!
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's day to all the daddies out there, especially my hubby and my dad. This is my first post of the month of June.... wow I am getting worse and worse at blogging! I wished Cambria's birth father a happy birthfather's day today, and he liked my post and said thanks. That was the first direct interaction we've had in a year. We haven't had any issues with him or anything, he just prefers to stay in the background and "like" pictures of her I post on FB and get info on her developmental milestone, etc. from her birth mother. We are ok with any kind of involvement he feels comfortable with. I have a special place in my heart for him....he didn't contest the adoption, and let us adopt his beautiful daughter. He didn't really want to place her for adoption (but I mean, who really ever does want to place their child for adoption? Nobody.) But still. He entrusted her to us, and for that I am eternally grateful. I hope he had a nice day today with his son whom he is parenting.
My parents came up here today, and we all went out to dinner, which was nice.
I have been so busy since the first day of summer vacation with my kiddos. Planning lots of fun stuff for them and their friends to do. We just got back from Disneyland and Sea World a few days ago. My oldest son made the All Stars baseball team again. YAY!! It is actually a fun tournament. Zack's team won the district All-Stars tournament last year, and got to go and compete at the state tournament!! We were in Hawaii, so he missed the state competition last year. He is in the midst of daily practices (Except for Sundays) and then the tournament is in a couple weeks. Wish him luck!
Some bad news....it looks like my MIL has ovarian cancer. She has an appt with the GYN/ONC tomorrow at the Cleveland Clinic, so we'll see what treatment option he recommends.
Between her with the ovarian cancer, my BFF's mom with the lung cancer, and Dave's SIL with the brain tumor, sheesh....what the hell??
Well anyways sorry I don't have anything super exciting to share! Oh, wait....I messaged with Cambria's oldest birth-aunt the other day for the first time.....so that was nice. She said she was happy Cambria was being raised in a loving, nurturing home. Awww! So sweet!
Good night all!
My parents came up here today, and we all went out to dinner, which was nice.
I have been so busy since the first day of summer vacation with my kiddos. Planning lots of fun stuff for them and their friends to do. We just got back from Disneyland and Sea World a few days ago. My oldest son made the All Stars baseball team again. YAY!! It is actually a fun tournament. Zack's team won the district All-Stars tournament last year, and got to go and compete at the state tournament!! We were in Hawaii, so he missed the state competition last year. He is in the midst of daily practices (Except for Sundays) and then the tournament is in a couple weeks. Wish him luck!
Some bad news....it looks like my MIL has ovarian cancer. She has an appt with the GYN/ONC tomorrow at the Cleveland Clinic, so we'll see what treatment option he recommends.
Between her with the ovarian cancer, my BFF's mom with the lung cancer, and Dave's SIL with the brain tumor, sheesh....what the hell??
Well anyways sorry I don't have anything super exciting to share! Oh, wait....I messaged with Cambria's oldest birth-aunt the other day for the first time.....so that was nice. She said she was happy Cambria was being raised in a loving, nurturing home. Awww! So sweet!
Good night all!
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