Out the turquoise doors we passed, our daughter leaving one home to join another. Walk through these doors in the other direction and you enter Baby Bird’s first world, a children’s home, where she lived for the first year of her life, surrounded by the voices of nannies and other children just like her, children […]
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Our 3rd Family Day!
On March 19,we stood before a judge in Gyumri to ask if one 11-month-old baby girl could join our family. The selfie we took in our hotel room, all gussied up right before court, gives you a good idea of how we were feeling. We look a tad anxious don’t we? If you’ve never been […]
Seeing our daughter again after five long months
I’ve never given birth, but I can imagine how desperately you long to meet your child after nine long months of pregnancy. However, while a pregnant mother-to-be has been with her child from the moment she was created, adoptive parents begin their relationship with their child many months later, even if they have the good […]
Grand slam haircut at Sharkey’s
Haircut #4. Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids. Little Bird’s last haircut was ten months ago. It was time. The before picture Remind you of a certain former U.S. professional tennis player? Off we went on our Grand Slam adventure to a new salon. Bunny got a piggyback. This was a […]
Happy Halloween 2014
Happy Halloween, from our horse to yours! ~Little Bird and ‘Salad,’ the pony Take the road less traveled, Beth
The carrot seed: Homegrown goodness
One of Little Bird’s favorite books is ‘The Carrot Seed,” written by Ruth Krauss and originally published in 1945. The story features a little boy who plants a carrot seed. No one in his family thinks it will come up. But the little boy knows better. He pulls the weeds and waters his carrot until, […]
First day of pre-school
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb Take the road less traveled, Beth
I feel like dancing
I feel like dancing Dancing, dance the night away I feel like dancing, dancing, aaaah ~Leo Sayer, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Take the road less traveled, Beth
Bunny’s trip to the Rockies
When you’re a bunny, taking a trip–to the Rocky Mountains–is a big deal. Waiting for the plane at the airport Getting buckled in and ready to fly to Colorado Chilling on the deck at the cabin, looking at Long’s Peak Diaper before nap Getting tucked into bed–Rocky Mountain travel is tiring Bunny in the Rockies […]
Her first library card
Who’s got her own library card? Little Bird! Earlier this week, the two of us went on an excursion to Seattle Public Library’s Madrona Branch to get our cards. Library cards have certainly changed since the time I had my last card. For one, you can choose the design on your card: Pike Place Market, […]