We laid our eyes on this little girl for the very first time. And our lives were changed forever. She wore a little peach dress, and sev...

Six months ago today, Brandon and I paced nervously in a hotel room in Guangzhou, China. We made the bed. Straightened the nightstands. H...

One of the blogs I sometimes read (hello there, Other Harper!), Kelly's Korner is sharing adoption stories today. I don't have one ...

...and my mother's long, skinny fingers. And, heaven help me, my dad's sense of humor. My face looks a little bit like my mom's,...

We leave for China in just a couple of hours to bring Emerson home, and as I sit here and think about the journey our family has taken over ...

I have no actual song lyrics to go with these pictures. Turns out, it's kind of a trashy song, especially when paired with ridiculously...

(Edited from numerous phone calls and e-mails last week): Me: Mom, we're working on booking our flights to China. A while ago you men...

Guess where we're going? In just a few short WEEKS? We got our Travel Approval last Thursday, and learned that we will be going to get E...

Brandon left this past Sunday for two weeks in Pasadena, California as part of his Masters program, taking Mac the Mac with him. Before he ...

I'm having a hard time processing this adoption so far, putting my thoughts into words, if you will. Somewhere along the line it became...

The adoption is truckin' along and we're getting closer and closer to bringing Emerson home, and I thought I would take a few minute...

Our adoption agency celebrated my hubby's birthday today by sending us some new pictures and updated information about Miss Emerson. Af...

I'm going to need another weekend to recover from my weekend! Friday after an 8 hour shift (7am-3pm, aka the "princess shift"...

Did you see her? Our new daughter? I got a call yesterday from our adoption agency asking if I was interested in a referral. 35 days after...

...our new daughter Our adoption agency called me this morning to give us a referral on this precious little girl. She'll be coming hom...