by rachel | May 6, 2018 | adoption, attachment/bonding, colombia, coming home, food issues, friendship
Recently, my sister and her husband traveled to Colombia to adopt their new son. Serendipitously, their adoption matched up with our dear friends’ who are also adopting from the same country. In fact, both families traveled at exactly the same time and are each still...
by rachel | Oct 30, 2010 | adjusting, adoption, coming home, foster
Better than expected! Only two meltdowns so far (from the same child). Since we have done this before we are hoping the honeymoon phase is over quickly so that we can get down to business, and move on. 🙂 CLOTHES AND STUFF Once again, the children came to us with only...
by rachel | Jan 13, 2009 | adoption, coming home, discipline
I would say that lying and whining have been the biggest hurdles we have come across the past month or two–across the board, with all four children. As the kids emerged into a new phase with us–I would say around Thanksgiving–instead of having major...
by rachel | Nov 20, 2008 | adoption, coming home
I’ve meant to post our language progress for awhile now. It is going really well. Some mornings I wake up and notice that the children still speak Spanish and it really frustrates me. But most days I don’t even notice the Spanish chatter. New phrases are...
by rachel | Oct 13, 2008 | adoption, coming home
1921 Aside from immunizations and learning the ropes of their new home, the kids also got to know family and friends their first week in Las Vegas. We went swimming at the Brummett’s home. The kids had a total blast, and now they call Valerie, Tia La Pisina. Our...
by rachel | Oct 8, 2008 | adoption, coming home
1930We pretty much had non-stop visitors our first week. Yeah, we know what all the books and “experts” say about bonding and attachment and over-stimulating, but we feel that the love and support of our friends and family has only helped the children feel...
