Inspired to come out of lurkdom
In case anybody remembers/wonders about me and mine...
Dd is 9 years old and still a mini-me to my secret delight. She just finished a glass fusing workshop at the art museum and made an ornament for Santa there.
Ds #1 is 7.5 and a great cartoonist. He stopped kissing me cold turkey but is still a great snuggler.
Ds #2 is 3.5 and is loving preschool. Sings the Lion King soundtrack at the top of his lungs and cracks me up.
Ds #3 is 1.5 and is so, so, so cute and charming and so, so, so naughty. He has just been declassified as medically fragile (having shed all the maternal antibodies for HIV and Hep-C) I still drive him to visit his bio parents every other week. It was such drama at first, so hard for me, but has turned into such a blessing. We have a good rapport. We are happy to see each other. I am working up my nerve to ask her some big questions--especially because this won't last forever. Come April there is a trial to terminate their rights to him (with several possible outcomes but most likely we'll be adopting him some time in 2010) Now I hate to think of our last visit together. I hope to always stay in touch but I don't know how that will pan out.
Oh and E's begun to have some realizations about what being adopted means and talks a lot about his bio-siblings. Wish they weren't so far away.
As for me, besides being busy with four kids and the puppy we got last Xmas (and the cat and the house and the yard and the cooking more-more-more from scratch and making gifts and being crafty in general)...I'm my dd's Brownie leader and Iove it and am now the President of the diversity organization I've been involved with for several years and we are doing a lot of great stuff together.
Winter's descending which means fires roaring, bread baking, kids getting on my nerves by 5:30. Need to adjust my attitude and dust off my winter survival techniques.
And that's my update 
Here's Z loving a goat at the Zoo in October
- dynamom's blog
- Login or register to post comments
that's an adorable picture.
i left for a while, but never lurked. it's all in or all out for me.
that's cool you take your son to his bio family. my daughter has a friend in a similar situation, and she's so sweet when she talks about her bio family. there is no confusion in her mind about who is who in her life, there is nothing strange about it. it always makes me think of how much of that is imposed upon kids by adults who are weirded out by it. but since this kid isn't surrounded by that, it's all natural.
I remember you, I have mostly always lurked and posted occassionally,and i'm happy to see your energy and love around again.
**Breathe**
Yes, I was wondering about you and what happened. that made me really think of this place as not what it used to be. You one of the mamas from way back! Yep, i missed out on any details ever since baby girl did the brush cut. I think I heard that DS#3 was potentially on the way. Four kids, you truly are blessed! And i am glad that you are not lurking, and that you post more often even if its just to say hello or post your kids funny art work, and of course,lots of pictures!
no, four was on his way..and I remember you visiting $ 
great to hear from you. i always enjoy reading you. that goat picture is precious! so glad to hear the visits go so well and i wish you luck with whatever occurs in the future with the adoption and future visits. happy dusting off and enjoy the holidays!
hey u soo happy to hear from you i think of you guys alot and we will always have nooner mcnoonerson 
Jessica
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind~~Dr.Seuss
good to hear you guys are doing well! I'm a lurker, too, an update will have to be posted soon...
I've been a-lurking for a year or so now.
It's good to here that you're doing well and that all the kids are good.
Z looks cute beside that enormous goat head.
We took the kids to see an outdoor Christmas pageant and Flora fondled all the baby animals...
Somehow fondling baby animals just sounds so wrong
Good to see your name here meg!
OMG - the cuteness of that photo!
Good to hear the update. I'm seeing a lot of old names. Maybe there will be a new year revival of hipmama!
At least for the winter, right? I know with the colder weather I'm more likely to be indoors and thus in front of the computer...
its a party!
"Here I am. Rock you like a hurricane."
-The Scorpions
*does a little dance*
the love in Z's face...the oh why me?! look on the goat's face...it's all perfect. Glad you came out of lurkdom- good to see you!
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. -- Emily Dickinson
You want to do what you think is right and what matters to you, and if other people don't like it, as my father would have said, they can go fuck themselves. -- Amy Bloom
CUTE CUTE CUTE!
I've missed you so much!
It feels like a reunion around here!
*HUGS YOU ALL*
Soooooo good to hear that you are doing well!!! The kids sound amazing, and so do you (of course, you don't feel like it most of the time, but that's understandable. )
25/MN and WA. Queer, veg, single, AP mama to DD2.5.
So cute! You sound busy!!! Your family sounds awesome! Happy to see you 'round!
PB
Navigation
Who's online
Who's New
- BeachBunny
- gayle.mallinger
- Mamapocket
- mjcwriter
- addie smith
Well hi to you too
This pic is definitely a keeper. He loves fiercely, this little boy.
The boys have one bio-sister that is not with the others and she does not know about her bio-siblings yet (age 6) and it boggles my mind...I just think, yeah, tell them right away and then there's nothing weird about it, it's just the reality of their lives.
Lately E is working on some stuff, for sure, figuring things out. Was really sad when it clicked that he didn't grow in my "belly" but consoled himself by saying next time he would.