Remember that picture frame we bought months ago, just waiting for our referral picture...well, it's filled now! And what a cute little guy he is!
We can't wait to bring you home!!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
October 14, 2009
Our son is six months old today!!
Remember that picture frame we bought months ago, just waiting for our referral picture...well, it's filled now! And what a cute little guy he is!
We can't wait to bring you home!!
Remember that picture frame we bought months ago, just waiting for our referral picture...well, it's filled now! And what a cute little guy he is!
We can't wait to bring you home!!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Ergo fun
We finally got our Ergo in the mail yesterday and I just had to open it and try it out. I had wanted to have it last week so I could put my nephew in it when we met my family for the Notre Dame game, but it wasn't meant to be. Soooooo, next best thing to try it out with is our dog, Lexi, who weighs about 23 pounds...perfect size!! (She thinks so, too!)
And I made Chris try it too so he can get comfortable with it. :)
Lexi was just hanging out and loving it. This dog loves to be held and snuggled, so she was a perfect guinea dog for our new "toy!"
I think we're going to love our Ergo...now we just need our son to put in it!!!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
I'm a Mom...
...to the most adorable little boy ever!!
...who is deliriously happy about our referral on October 2 at 9:33am!!!
...after going through five years of countless fertility treatments.
...with a loving, supportive husband as the father of our child.
...who wants the best for her child.
...who cannot wait to hold my baby in my arms for the first time and forever!
...who is nervous about being a first-time mom, but...
...who cannot wait to be a first-time mom!
...who has been staring at my baby's picture to memorize it for the last week.
...to Jason Gerald Taylor.
...finally.
Our busy week...
Well, one week ago this morning on October 2, I received "the call" from our social worker. I was watching "Gray's Anatomy" on the computer since I missed it the night before, when my phone rang with the special ring that I had set for our adoption agency. I think I stared at the thing for a full five seconds before it hit me that this was IT!! This was THE call! We knew we were #1 on the list for a boy for a couple of weeks, but I woke up that morning thinking we wouldn't hear anything that day since we thought the Korean government had had Friday off. But as I listened to that ring, I started shaking. I couldn't find the stupid button to stop the episode on the computer!! Finally, finally, I did and I opened my phone with unsteady hands...
"Hello?"
"Hi, Rita, this is Diane, from Lifelink. How are you?"
Ohmigod! How AM I? SERIOUSLY?!?!
"I'm okay?" I say ask.
"Well, I think you're going to be more than okay in a few minutes. This is it. I have your referral."
By this time, I'm crying as well, but have to calm down and try to write down the information she is giving me about our son. I think I asked some questions. She asked if she should email the pictures and information to Chris as well as to me, but I said just to my email; I wanted to surprise Chris at his office and open the email there so we could be together when we saw our son for the first time. After remembering to put the dogs in their kennels (with a big treat for both of them), I was carefully pulling out of the garage when my phone rang again...this time with Chris' ringtone! I wanted to tell him in person and was somehow able to play it very casual while talking with him, but inside I was screaming and jumping up and down!! He had no clue that he had just become a dad and me a mom!!!
I finally made it to his office and walked in while pulling a card out of the bag I had with me. It was addressed to "papa" which he didn't get at first, but after reading the inside where I informed him that we were parents, we just held each other. This has been the first joyful news we have had in five years during our struggle to become parents and we are finally nearing the culmination of that journey. It was very surreal, even before we opened the email and saw sweet Jason's face for the first time! We are so very, very happy, excited, ecstatic, nervous, thrilled to have him for our son and cannot wait until the time we get to bring him home!!!
Here's to our gift, our sweet baby J, our little boy...be happy, be safe, be loved, little one, until we are finally brought together as a family!
Love, Mom and Dad
"Hello?"
"Hi, Rita, this is Diane, from Lifelink. How are you?"
Ohmigod! How AM I? SERIOUSLY?!?!
"I'm okay?" I say ask.
"Well, I think you're going to be more than okay in a few minutes. This is it. I have your referral."
By this time, I'm crying as well, but have to calm down and try to write down the information she is giving me about our son. I think I asked some questions. She asked if she should email the pictures and information to Chris as well as to me, but I said just to my email; I wanted to surprise Chris at his office and open the email there so we could be together when we saw our son for the first time. After remembering to put the dogs in their kennels (with a big treat for both of them), I was carefully pulling out of the garage when my phone rang again...this time with Chris' ringtone! I wanted to tell him in person and was somehow able to play it very casual while talking with him, but inside I was screaming and jumping up and down!! He had no clue that he had just become a dad and me a mom!!!
I finally made it to his office and walked in while pulling a card out of the bag I had with me. It was addressed to "papa" which he didn't get at first, but after reading the inside where I informed him that we were parents, we just held each other. This has been the first joyful news we have had in five years during our struggle to become parents and we are finally nearing the culmination of that journey. It was very surreal, even before we opened the email and saw sweet Jason's face for the first time! We are so very, very happy, excited, ecstatic, nervous, thrilled to have him for our son and cannot wait until the time we get to bring him home!!!
I then pulled out of my bag a gift for Chris (which I had bought last week along with the card). It is a WillowTree statue of a father, mother, and child. Titled "Our Gift", "Our bright, joyful gift"; there is not a more perfect "gift" I could have given to him.
Here's to our gift, our sweet baby J, our little boy...be happy, be safe, be loved, little one, until we are finally brought together as a family!
Love, Mom and Dad
Friday, October 09, 2009
Something To Pass the Time
I saw this game on Sue's blog. I decided to play along since I could use a good distraction. :)
Rules:
You can only use one word.
Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers and alert them you have given them the award.
Note: I'm new to the blog world and I'm pretty sure every blog I follow has already been tagged....so, I'm just going to share!
1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your hair? up
3. Your mother? understanding
4. Your father? supportive
5. Your favorite food? pasta
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? pop
8. Your dream/goal? closer
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something you aren't? patient
15. Muffins? cranberry
16. Wish list item? children
17. Where did you grow up? Ohio
18. Last thing you did? read
19. What are you wearing? green
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? sleeping
22. Friends? genuine
23. Your life? happy
24. Your mood? relaxed
25. Missing someone? always
26. Vehicle? Subaru
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? Babyland!!
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? tonight
31. Last time you cried? tonight
32. Your best friend? knows
33. One place that I go over and over? Sue's
34. One person who emails me regularly? family (I know, not one person!)
35. Favorite place to eat? ElTorero
Rules:
You can only use one word.
Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers and alert them you have given them the award.
Note: I'm new to the blog world and I'm pretty sure every blog I follow has already been tagged....so, I'm just going to share!
1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your hair? up
3. Your mother? understanding
4. Your father? supportive
5. Your favorite food? pasta
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? pop
8. Your dream/goal? closer
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something you aren't? patient
15. Muffins? cranberry
16. Wish list item? children
17. Where did you grow up? Ohio
18. Last thing you did? read
19. What are you wearing? green
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? sleeping
22. Friends? genuine
23. Your life? happy
24. Your mood? relaxed
25. Missing someone? always
26. Vehicle? Subaru
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? Babyland!!
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? tonight
31. Last time you cried? tonight
32. Your best friend? knows
33. One place that I go over and over? Sue's
34. One person who emails me regularly? family (I know, not one person!)
35. Favorite place to eat? ElTorero
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Garage Sale Success
So, before we get to the garage sale, Chris and I went camping - with the dogs - a couple of weeks ago. This went pretty well. Our older dog, Jinx, has been camping with us before and takes everything in stride. Loves being in the car and outdoors and adapts to new situations very easily. Lexi, our younger dog (who just turned two with a Frosty Paws treat thanks to Grandma Klein), is most definitely our princess. She is more anxious and doesn't make transitions well, but usually follow Jinx's lead (after a while), thank goodness! Of course, I forgot our camera AGAIN during this trip, so I have no pictures to show of them. After the first day, Lexi got more comfortable...or maybe she was just worn out from the 3+ walks they got daily and also being outside the entire day with us. It was beautiful weather, so we were only inside the camper at night. We may take them again, but next time, we should have our baby with us since it won't be until next spring. :( don't think we'll try that first trip with our child AND the dogs at the same time!!
Now, for the garage sale...it was a HUGE success!!!!! Even more so than I had imagined and, I think, much more than Chris had thought it would be. I had two friends who helped me sort, organize, and price items for a few days prior to the sale. They were unbelievable and I could not have done this thing without them!! Thank you sooo much, Sue and Theresa! Before they showed up on Tuesday morning, I was definitely feeling overwhelmed and like I had bitten off more than I could chew. These two ladies were my saving angels (or unicorns! they know what I mean) this past week! I really don't have the words to express how much they did, between the two of them, to help me out and keep me less stressed than I would have been otherwise.
Sue was also the one that helped me during the sale on Thursday. It was supposed to start at 3pm and we decided to start putting the tables out at 1:50; by 2pm, we had people starting to look through stuff, even though we continued setting up until 2:45, when we did our first sale and it did not let up the entire evening! We had gorgeous weather the entire week. My parents were able to come up and help out on Friday and Saturday and brought another table, which we needed! Chris had to be out of town on business until Friday evening, but he was back for the final day and tear-down of the remaining items. We had a lot of stuff left over at the end and have already taken half a truckload to a Goodwill/Habitat for Humanity-type organization, which they were thrilled to have. We will take more to Goodwill, baby clothes to the Crisis Nursery, and the books to the library. We have been so blessed by everyone's support and donations and want to pass this goodwill on to others who need it.
I will leave you with some pictures of the preparations and finally, the left-overs from the sale:
This is our front room the morning of the first day of the garage sale. I had to leave a pathway to get to the front door!
To this side of the front room, everything was piled up. Kept the clothes and most of the toys in here rather then storing them in the garage.
This is "appliance row." I did not have any way to get through the garage at all during this time. We had table after table jammed into the space and there wasn't much room left to get around.
This is a view of the garage from our garage door, the night before the sale started (this does not include the large pile we had outside under two large tarps that would not fit in the garage!)...
...and this is the same view on the evening we finished. We had already taken some of the leftover items away by the time this picture was taken. I cannot describe how many donations we had from people...it was unbelievable and heartwarming!
Again, we are so thankful for all the help and donations that we have received in the past 5 weeks and 3 days. Yes, that is how long we had once we decided to do the garage sale until it was over!! We are hoping that this brings more good news in the next couple of weeks...like the call that will increase our family of 2 to a family of 3 (plus the dogs, of course). We'll post here when that happens!
Stay tuned...
Now, for the garage sale...it was a HUGE success!!!!! Even more so than I had imagined and, I think, much more than Chris had thought it would be. I had two friends who helped me sort, organize, and price items for a few days prior to the sale. They were unbelievable and I could not have done this thing without them!! Thank you sooo much, Sue and Theresa! Before they showed up on Tuesday morning, I was definitely feeling overwhelmed and like I had bitten off more than I could chew. These two ladies were my saving angels (or unicorns! they know what I mean) this past week! I really don't have the words to express how much they did, between the two of them, to help me out and keep me less stressed than I would have been otherwise.
Sue was also the one that helped me during the sale on Thursday. It was supposed to start at 3pm and we decided to start putting the tables out at 1:50; by 2pm, we had people starting to look through stuff, even though we continued setting up until 2:45, when we did our first sale and it did not let up the entire evening! We had gorgeous weather the entire week. My parents were able to come up and help out on Friday and Saturday and brought another table, which we needed! Chris had to be out of town on business until Friday evening, but he was back for the final day and tear-down of the remaining items. We had a lot of stuff left over at the end and have already taken half a truckload to a Goodwill/Habitat for Humanity-type organization, which they were thrilled to have. We will take more to Goodwill, baby clothes to the Crisis Nursery, and the books to the library. We have been so blessed by everyone's support and donations and want to pass this goodwill on to others who need it.
I will leave you with some pictures of the preparations and finally, the left-overs from the sale:
This is our front room the morning of the first day of the garage sale. I had to leave a pathway to get to the front door!
To this side of the front room, everything was piled up. Kept the clothes and most of the toys in here rather then storing them in the garage.
This is "appliance row." I did not have any way to get through the garage at all during this time. We had table after table jammed into the space and there wasn't much room left to get around.
This is a view of the garage from our garage door, the night before the sale started (this does not include the large pile we had outside under two large tarps that would not fit in the garage!)...
...and this is the same view on the evening we finished. We had already taken some of the leftover items away by the time this picture was taken. I cannot describe how many donations we had from people...it was unbelievable and heartwarming!
Again, we are so thankful for all the help and donations that we have received in the past 5 weeks and 3 days. Yes, that is how long we had once we decided to do the garage sale until it was over!! We are hoping that this brings more good news in the next couple of weeks...like the call that will increase our family of 2 to a family of 3 (plus the dogs, of course). We'll post here when that happens!
Stay tuned...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Garage Sale!!
First of all, no, there has not been any news about us moving up on the list at this point. There have, however, been a few travel calls for some of my on-line friends to go pick up their children!! Congrats to all of them. We are all hoping that this means more activity in the whole process and more referrals coming in!!
As the title of this post suggests, Chris and I are planning on having a garage sale in mid-September to raise some money for the adoption. I am really looking forward to it!!! Many friends, family, and co-workers are donating items to us to sell at it and we cannot thank them enough for their support. If anyone else is interested in donating items or helping out, we accept!!!! It's going to be crazy busy until then, getting ready for it, working, and taking another camping trip, but we're up to the challenge! :) I'll update on this project closer to the time.
Speaking of camping, our last trip was great!!! We had friends come with us for the first part of it and then Chris' dad and nephew were there for the end. This is the first time we have had more than me and Chris "living" in the pop-up camper and it worked out well, as far as I could tell. They all seemed to enjoy themselves as well. The weather was perfect the entire time we were there and it was pretty relaxing for us.
As the title of this post suggests, Chris and I are planning on having a garage sale in mid-September to raise some money for the adoption. I am really looking forward to it!!! Many friends, family, and co-workers are donating items to us to sell at it and we cannot thank them enough for their support. If anyone else is interested in donating items or helping out, we accept!!!! It's going to be crazy busy until then, getting ready for it, working, and taking another camping trip, but we're up to the challenge! :) I'll update on this project closer to the time.
Speaking of camping, our last trip was great!!! We had friends come with us for the first part of it and then Chris' dad and nephew were there for the end. This is the first time we have had more than me and Chris "living" in the pop-up camper and it worked out well, as far as I could tell. They all seemed to enjoy themselves as well. The weather was perfect the entire time we were there and it was pretty relaxing for us.
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