Why blog?

It was a busy weekend full of soccer.  Our oldest son plays with a premier club and travels statewide to play in league games.  So, this means lots of trips to the Seattle area.  However, yesterday we were in Olympia.  They did great; won 4-1!  GO SHADOW!! 

Lots of people, including myself, have asked, "Why do a blog?"  At first I wasn't sure I wanted to.  I wasn't sure that I wanted to have our life on blast with whoever reads it.  Then after some careful consideration, I thought, I want to get in touch with other families who are in the exact same spot as us.  I want to help, learn, educate, talk with, cry with, support these families.  By no stretch of the imagination am I an expert on adoption.  This is our first!  I just saw this as a means to get our story out there and to possibly talk with others who knew what we were going through.  Besides, to me writing is cathartic.  This may keep my mind a little occupied as we wait. . . . . painfully wait to bring our baby girl home.

I would like to set up a few more tabs.  Once I figure out how to do it, I will.  :0)  I want to set up a tab for other adoptive families to leave their info, one for some great resources, and one to highlight the crisis in the Congo.  Not many people are aware of how desperate things are there.  So, be looking for that!  If anyone knows how to make a "Chipin" meter, let me know.  I would like to show our fundraising progress on here too!  :0)

Some have asked to see pictures of Addison.  I'm sorry, but I cannot do that.  We signed a confidentiality agreement in May that we would protect her identity until she is legally ours.  I can assure you that she is a beauty!!  :0)

I hope everyone has a great week.  I will be working on these tabs.