Creating New Friendships

Yesterday, we were able to spend more time with Lucia, Adam and the Kids. It was so much fun as we hung out at their house and had lunch. It was so comfortable hanging out with them. They have two children, one homegrown and one adopted from Taiwan. Poor Jon though, Noah wanted him to climb onto the playset, but it was a little too wobbly for him. I think he had flashbacks and decided it wasn't a good idea for him to be climbing anything anymore...heehee!! It seemed like the guys got along well. You always worry about that when you hang out with other couples. But it was cool. It was also nice for Jon to be able to actually see a child that was adopted from the same orphanage that our child will be coming from. Kinda showed him that it really does happen. And Camille is such a cutie. It was so cute to see Jon playing on the floor with Noah. They had these really neat magnetic sorta building blocks. Jon was still talking about them when we left. He's such a kid it's great. I guess we're going to have to get some. Anyhow, we had a wonderful weekend and look forward to spending more time with them.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Happy New Years Everyone. This is it. This is the year that many of our children will be born. This is also the year that many of our children will find their way home. What an exciting day!! This marks the official New Year!!! I have visions of little ones in traditional chinese attire attending their very first Chinses New Year celebration(I can't wait to buy the outfit). They're surrounded by so many people who shared the same plight as them, bonded by this thing called adoption. For those of you that already have your children home, I hope you had a wonderful celebration. For those of us that are still waiting, no worries..... our turn is coming!!!

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In honor of Valentines day....Thirteen perfect love moments.. Sitting on the couch watching a movie with hubby Watching the dogs play at the dog park hanging out with neices and nephews at the pool Dinner with parents sitting around in perfectly okay silence jumping out of the dark and scaring hubby laughing hysterically b/c he jumped.....again!!! fighting....then making up crying on his shoulder hugging my friends being on the other end of a phone, with only silence..because they needed you little wet furry noses in the morning the whisper of "I love you" in the wee wee hours, when he gets home from work Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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We made it to 11 months. I feel the excitement building. It won't be long before we can say any month now. Then it'll be any week now. Then at last it'll be, any day now. Bring it on. It's coming. I can feel it!!!

Thursday 13, #1

This is my very first 13 post. Wasn't sure where to start....So let's see...

Since this blog is mostly about our adoption journey I'll start with 13 things about the infertility that brought us to adoption

1. We are part of a very select group of people in the world that suffers from infertility, 10 percent of the population has some form of infertility, primary or secondary. It seems like a lot more when you are a part of this group.
2. We both "have" issues that contribute to our infertility.
3. There was a time when we would cry more often then we would smile.
4. We now smile more often then we cry.
5. Infertility has given us many gifts...one is strength.
6. Another is a ROCK SOLID marriage.
7. I think we will be better parents having dealt with infertility
8. Infertility is all encompassing. It has ruled our lives in some way or another for 4 plus years.
9. There was a time when I didn't think we'd make it past that point.
10. I know better now...
11. I know more about my body then I ever wanted to know b/c of infertility. Trust me...I don't need any monitors anymore. I can tell you on any given day where I am in my cycle and whatsa happening down there.
12. I never knew love more then the day my hubby found me locked up in the bathroom, curled into a ball, and crying...he scooped me up and told me "we'll get through this together."
13. Infertility has led us joyfully and peacefully to adoption and it is here that we will learn more of love as we scoop up our child and say "we'll get through this together"
    
    
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In the house...almost!!

My mothers superstitions have totally rubbed off on us. She has always told me not to bring anything into the house relating to baby until I am pregnant. It's bad luck she tells me. Who am I to argue. So this is always how it's been. We don't need any bad luck. When Jon and I were "trying" we never brought anything in to the house, no bottles, no nipples, not one baby bootie. My sister has a box full of clothes from my nephews for us, it's sitting in my parents attic. In hindsight I am grateful that we never brought anything into the house. It would have been torture to sit and look at baby stuff month after month of NOT conceiving. There were points in our "trying" when we were so down, in such agony that I swear I probably would've burned anything baby in some sick ritual.

Jon and I decided that we wouldn't bring anything into the house til we had a referral. Yesterday my mother in law called me to tell me that Jon's sister had some toys she's saved for us and that she just didn't have the room anymore, so could we please at least take them and store them in my parents attic. She knows how I feel about bringing anything baby into the house, so she wanted to gingerly pass it by me, since we were helping Jon's sister move today.

**Progress for me**..I reluctantly told Jon we didn't have to take the toys to my parents, we could..gasp...bring them into the house.

Jon put them into his car.
"uh uh...I'm not going to be the one to bring us bad luck"

So for now the toys are sitting in his car. Maybe tomorrow we'll bring them into the garage...that's not really the house, right?