Well, it was a long time coming, and it didn’t look like what we expected a few months ago, but on Friday, June 5, 2020, Annie became ours forever in the first ever Ventura County Zoom Adoption Finalization Ceremony. Her first words to the judge when we got in the zoom call? “Hi! I’m wearing […]
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We tried to make Easter as festive as possible with the traditional hot cross buns for breakfast, wearing our adoption ceremony outfits for couch church (and a photo shoot courtesy of Kristin, who traded family Easter pictures with me from a safe social distance), and enjoying our Easter treats from the grandparents. Our kids and […]
Good thing we did back-to-back hikes, because now the governor has closed all the state parks. On Monday we took the Garnetts’ suggestion and explored Cobus Creek. It felt great to be outside together!
Lots of reading going on. With the libraries closing and the kids having already read through the few hundred books we brought along, we invested in a new Kindle Fire to expand our ereader capabilities. But the little girls are still going old school with actual picture books. Annie’s current obsessions include Goodnight Moon, Ten […]
Halloween 2019: Alice in Wonderland
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2019
Happy Third Birthday, Annie!
Posted in Annie on Oct 27th, 2019
The big kids all started off Annie’s birthday yesterday by singing her the first of many “Happy Birthdays” in her crib. She sang along heartily. She opened presents, including the traditional three books for a three year old, then the little girls and I took her to see a puppet show down at Pepperdine (she […]
New Food, New Braces
Posted in Annie on Sep 2nd, 2019
So last week, Annie got permission to move to a homemade blended food formula. My friend Jane let me use her costco # to order a new Vitamix (anything else can’t blend food small enough to go through her g-tube), and we are now the proud owners of a $400 blender. If anyone is looking […]
Today started at 4:50 am, when I woke up thinking about all the appointments we had today, all the things I needed to do, and all the appointments I needed to schedule. So I got up and made muffins so that the kids would actually eat something for breakfast (also because baking soothes me), quickly […]
Annie, Dan, and Shawna
Posted in Annie on Aug 23rd, 2019
Annie’s birth parents reached out this week to ask for a visit. They’re getting along right now and apparently both in a healthy place for the moment, so Dan drove Shawna down to meet us at a park in Calabasas. It is hard but important to maintain good relationships with birth parents. I know everything […]