Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything.
Eric and I have been enjoying some exciting times and have
not made time to do anything internet related, especially updating the
blog.
Well, for those who do not know, we are in the process of adopting
3 children. It has been so much fun, so
exciting and so much work.
With this process, we have a lot of irons in the fire (so to
speak).
We have the kids in our home (their new home) now and are
figuring it all out. We have had them
now permanently for 3 weeks. We consider
ourselves extremely lucky to have been blessed with these 3 children and love them
so much already.
Our oldest is 5 years old and he is a boy, our middle child
is 3 years old and she is a girl and our youngest is 1 year old and he is a
boy.
We have already had the pleasure of experiencing so many
firsts with all of them including; Easter, first words, first steps, eating in
a restaurant, new foods, haircuts, dressing "fancy" and so many more
things. It has truly been so exciting
and such a wonderful experience. There is definitely a learning curve and I am
not going to lie and say it is wonderful 100% of the time because it is not but
overall, it is great.
When we met the children for the first time, it was so
surreal. It was absolutely incredible
and I think both Eric and I could not believe it was finally happening. The process to get to that point was tiring, trying, invasive, and emotional so when we were picked as a match for these
children, we were beyond happy and excited.
We met them on a Thursday afternoon and ended up having all
3 of them for the whole weekend and again the following weekend. They moved in 3 days later and both Eric and
I had to take time off work for bonding.
I will now be a stay-at-home Mom starting in May and am so thrilled to
be able to have this opportunity.
The oldest 2 children started calling Eric Daddy and me
Mommy immediately because we were lucky enough to have a caring woman in the
home they were in and she went over the album with them and explained
everything that was going to be happening and who we were and really prepared
them as much as possible before meeting us.
The kids even went over the album us when we first met them and showed
us their dogs (our dogs) and their Grammy (my mom), etc.
My Mom is already the best Grammy to them and they adore
both her and my Grandma, their Great Grandma.
They have met most of their cousins and absolutely love them along with
Aunties, Uncles, Family Friends, etc. They
know they still have more family to meet and are looking forward to it! Eric and I made them a photo album prior to
our meeting them and they familiarized themselves with our faces, our animals,
our house and all of their Family members so they know who people are when they
meet them for the first time.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to post any photos or videos
of the kiddos at this time; however, I will be starting to update with posts
again and there will be photos and videos of other things. I have several posts ready to go…
Anyway, that is the update for now so stay tuned because
there will be more posts to come!
Thank you for your patience.