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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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 […]
Stuff with Annie has been intense. Those of you on my prayer emails know that we’ve just dealt with a lot of diagnoses, therapies, appointments, and the like. This past month, we got the official cerebral palsy diagnosis, which was supposed to help get us more resources, but has thusfar only resulted in a new […]
In case you didn’t see Derek’s facebook announcement, we’re moving to Iowa for the fall! Derek accepted a one semester visiting position at University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City, where he’ll be teaching Election Law and Federal Courts. Cue “The Music Man” references (actually, I showed the kids a scene this morning and […]
What’s Going On Here
Posted in California, Fostering, Friends, Tommy on Jan 22nd, 2017
It’s been maybe the longest stretch I’ve ever gone without posting on this blog, mostly because getting back into the swing of things after Christmas “vacation” has been really, really hard. The kids actually readjusted back to SoCal life really easily and have been remarkably well-behaved. I’m struggling because I’m behind on cleaning (despite a […]
We’re Becoming a Foster Family
Posted in Fostering on Oct 29th, 2016
We’ve told a lot of our friends and family about our decision to become certified foster parents. The responses have ranged from “That’s great!” to “I could never do that!” to “Are you insane?” Regardless of where on the spectrum of responses you are, here are some of the factors in this decision. LA County […]