Showing posts with label adoption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adoption. Show all posts
Shining light on some dark parts of adoption

Shining light on some dark parts of adoption

I found these on my computer today. Look how tiny he was 😭. That’s a 3-month onesie that was swallowing him up. I’ve been asked, “...

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Mental health with infertility and adoption

Mental health with infertility and adoption

Last August I went to LA for a weekend retreat. The retreat was hosted by  @massy.arias  and luckily my girl  @vivir.con.pasion  went too....

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Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

  February 18, 2019 we officially became parents. We met Joseph a few weeks earlier at our adoption agency’s office to talk about whether...

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Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

There’s strong, then their’s mama strong. My flex isn’t what it used to be but I’ll be back in the gym full time soon. I’ve spent the...

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I am 1 in 8.

I am 1 in 8.

It’s national  #infertilityawareness  week and I am 1 & 8 women who struggle with infertility. I’m 1 & 8 who thought she could get ...

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Post placement home visit # 2

Post placement home visit # 2

J ust finished our second post-placement home visit with our caseworker. We have to have monthly home visits with the agency until the adop...

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Getting back into the swing of things

Getting back into the swing of things

This is what “active” had been like for the past few weeks. Our gym doesn’t have childcare and I’ve been hella tired. I try to catch a nap w...

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The struggle is part of the story

The struggle is part of the story

When I shared we were starting the adoption process people were shocked. Shocked because I was sharing the fact that pregnancy wasn’t comin...

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We’re parents!!

We’re parents!!

We’re parents!! Yesterday morning we went to our agency to pick up this little guy and we are obsessed! Sleep-deprived, happy and obsesse...

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We passed!

We passed!

We did it!  After  221 8.5 x 11 " pages of adoption information 30 pages of questionnaires 9 hours of instructional webinars 8 ...

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What I learned at adoption orientation

What I learned at adoption orientation

We finally took our first official step in the adoption "journey"; orientation. It was about a 2 hour meeting between the organiza...

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Keeping Adoption Paperwork Organized

Keeping Adoption Paperwork Organized

One of the things that shocked me about adoption, after the price, was the amount of paperwork involved in it. There is literally a form for...

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It takes a village...

It takes a village...

When I lived in California we used to pass this mural all the time that said: "It takes a village to raise a child." It...

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Surprise, we're getting a baby!

Surprise, we're getting a baby!

This summer we decided to start the process of adopting a baby! We always talked about adopting a kid later on in life when our kids wer...

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