Birth Certificate
It’s simply a piece of paper. A piece of paper that lists your child’s legal birth name, your name and their date of birth. To be honest I really had…
National Adoption Awareness Month
November is a special month for our family. It is National Adoption Awareness Month. I recently received a calendar that gave a list of things you should do each day…
Do-Be-Do-Be-Do
As the darkness settled in and the temperature dropped to a blustery 81 degrees, the ghosts and witches began to descend upon our neighborhood. This year they were joined by…
Le Retour
Je suis tellement excitée, je ne peux pas le cacher! Our next chapter is starting off with a bang, as we welcome our teenage daughter, Axelle back to the United States for 10 days. It has only…
Chapter Two
Friday was a big milestone for our family. Nolin’s adoption was finalized. In some ways it was exactly what I expected, in other ways it was a very surreal experience. We…
Can’t Sleep
I know what you think, this is the post that I start talking about how we thought we had it good, but as I have mentioned before I have learned the first rule…
Up In The Air
On Tuesday this week, I did the unthinkable. Nolin and I took our jet setting lifestyles on the road for a 28 hour 1600 mile overnighter. What?! Who in their…
The Difference Between Mothers and Fathers
In what I think has the potential to be an ongoing title for many posts over the next several years, I quickly learned the other night the difference between mothers…
Our Modern Family 