Category Archives: adoption
Infertility is an Ugly Thought in my Head
It’s become more and more of a reality that I am infertile. Why did I come to this conclusion? Well, it’s a simple (and heartbreaking) realization that the problems I had as a child are still looming over my head. Huh? When Aunt Flow first visited back in junior high, she was never regular. She’d [...]
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Adoption Progress.. Every Little Bit Helps
Saturday at Word Camp Miami was aMAZing! I’ll be doing an in-depth recap on that later with pictures and some stuff I learned. Needless to say, I am crazy excited about today and getting some stuff implemented around here. Saturday night, we started talking and eventually got onto the topic of adoption. Actually, it was [...]
[Re-]Defining Motherhood
Several conversations with both friends and Steve over the last few days have got me thinking about motherhood. I used to think that I couldn’t be a mom unless I got pregnant and gave birth. Now I, of course, know that there are other options like adoption, foster-adoption, IVF, and surrogacy. Becca of younger years [...]
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Adoption Talk and… a Zucchini Recipe
Yes, I know these topics don’t mix… at all! I know it’s been quiet around here lately. To be honest, I don’t really have a lot to talk about. We have been discussing children – both biological and foster adoption – quite a lot lately. More than likely we will be adopting a “sibling group” [...]
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Getting Back into the Blogging Groove
Hello my friends! How was your first weekend in 2011? Ours was extremely low-key, same as the few hours before and after we rang it in. We cooked, talked, went to Barnes & Noble (one of our favorite places), had dinner at Mario’s (another favorite), I knit, he practiced his Rosetta Stone Spanish, and we [...]
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Bring It On, 2011! *
Dear 2011, You should know that I have big hopes for you! This is our third New Years together, and our first as a married couple. The last 2 NYEs were spent at Carolina Alehouse, just the 2 of us, watching football, the ball drop, and sipping champagne out of plastic cups with silly hats [...]
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Relaxing Weekend & A Big Decision
Hello dear blog friends! I hope y’all had a wonderful family and friend filled holiday weekend. Ours was pretty low-key as we didn’t travel anywhere. Friday night we went to my brother’s girlfriends’ family’s house to celebrate Nochebuena. Never before had I been to a pig roast and it was a lot of fun – [...]
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Biological Clock Made Worse by 16 & Pregnant
I have a not-so-secret vice. I love 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom. The girls on Teen Mom are like “friends” of mine to the point that Steve and I talk about them on a somewhat regular basis when something similar happened in our lives. OK, not so regularly, but you know what I mean. [...]
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Getting Pregnant Over 35 vs Adoption
I know, I’m not the best when it comes to picking topics. For the record, I am actually still 34. I turned 34 2 months ago, but since I’m close enough, and likely wouldn’t be getting pregnant for a few months at minimum, this research totally counts for my situation. I’ve been doing all sorts [...]
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