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six.

Today our son is six. Yesterday he was born, I’m pretty sure. I mean, it feels like yesterday. If I close my eyes, I can still feel the weight of his newborn body in my arms, smells the newborn smell, remember the overwhelming cascade of emotions I felt that day, hear his first cries when… Continue reading six.

Bible study · birthday · homeschooling · mommy monday · schedule · yucky weather

And Here We Go…

Now 2015 really kicks into gear. Keith has basically been off work for the past two weeks. He’s worked, I think, four days. It’s been a crazy schedule! So tonight he returns to work, complete with a new “bid” (every six months the guys choose where they want to go every night; they are awarded… Continue reading And Here We Go…

adoption · birth mother · birthday · Little Man

Dear Son

Dear Son, Tonight I put you to bed as a one year old. Technically, yesterday you were 52 weeks old, and tonight marks 52 weeks since we brought you home from the hospital. 52 weeks since your first mother, a woman that your father and I love and respect, a woman who miraculously came back… Continue reading Dear Son