Back to Blog :)

After over a year, I've decided to return to my blog-if for no other reason than my own desire to reflect and connect. More lofty aspirations now that I am a stay at home Mom, with fewer opportunities to do so!

To sum up, long story short, yada yada yada...we are parents! I'll spare you the details, as I firmly believe that Noah's adoption story is his alone. He will get to decide when, how and with whom he will share it. We received a call last June from our social worker that a birth mom wanted to meet us. We scheduled that meeting for mid-July, and were told that we MIGHT be parents to a baby boy by the end of August. (BTW Noah's birth mother was in a word-incredible.) The same week that we here in VA endured the first earthquake in years and a hurricane which knocked out power to most of the central VA area, little Noah entered the world. We could tell already he had a flare for drama. :) Because we had no power, we had to move from the hospital into a hotel room in Richmond, which wasn't too easy to find considering EVERYONE was looking for a hotel room. I've never before felt like such a "deer in the headlights". Fast forward eight months-through acid reflux, collic, our first Christmas as a family, sleep regression (followed closely by a decision to co-sleep for now), Noah's baptism, etc.-here we are! We are proud parents (not adoptive, not bio or birth-just parents) to a healthy, happy baby boy. Noah can sit-up, crawl, pull himself up to stand, eat solid foods, and needless to say has quite a personality. At least that's what we're told by everyone-even strangers. "He is the happiest baby I've ever seen" is the comment most often made...that or something about his bald, beautifully shaped head. Guess we must be doing something right!