I never thought I would have a blog but with family and friends at a distance I have given in. I hope to keep you up to date with all the happenings in the Gaines household and vow not to take myself too seriously. How could I when just the other day, as I went about my day in my royal blue Snuggie (Ben should get husband of the year for giving me this for my birthday), hair in a greasy side ponytail I decided to get up and get some water from the fridge in the garage. I opened the door, still in my Snuggie, to see the garage door open to the public and a neighbor driving by waving to me. Are you kidding me?! Ahh the life of a working/stay at home mom is not very glamorous but I guess these things come with the territory.
I also want to keep people up to date with the adoption of our second child from Ethiopia. We are close to done with the paperwork phase of the process (we finally finished our homestudy), and now the wait begins to be placed with our child. We just finished our last class at our homestudy agency which was for Americans adopting internationally and promised to help us to learn to deal with issues of children that are adopted and how to have a healthy transracial family. We thought this would be perfect for us since we obviously are becoming a transracial family and looked forward to camaraderie with other families in our position. This excitement was dashed when we went around the room the first day to tell about our family and where we are adopting from. Couple one: Nigerian couple adopting Nigerian baby...Couple two: Morrocan couple adopting a Morrocan baby...Couple three: Chinese couple adopting a Chinese baby...Couple four: a Colombian woman and her husband adopting their Colombian niece...Couple five: My husband and I WHITE couple adopting an Ethiopian baby. Let me emphasize that these other couples were native to the countries the are adopting from and immigrated to America at different points in their life. I guess we are going to have to get that camaraderie from other places which leads me to tell you about my upcoming outing. I am heading off to Barnes and Noble to purchase a book titled Secret Thought Of An Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff. Here is the description, "A memoir by a funny woman, and extrovert, a Jewish wife living in Hawaii offered the chance to adopt a California biracial newborn and wondering, Am I too white to be the mother of a child this black?" Seems right up my ally!
I also want to keep people up to date with the adoption of our second child from Ethiopia. We are close to done with the paperwork phase of the process (we finally finished our homestudy), and now the wait begins to be placed with our child. We just finished our last class at our homestudy agency which was for Americans adopting internationally and promised to help us to learn to deal with issues of children that are adopted and how to have a healthy transracial family. We thought this would be perfect for us since we obviously are becoming a transracial family and looked forward to camaraderie with other families in our position. This excitement was dashed when we went around the room the first day to tell about our family and where we are adopting from. Couple one: Nigerian couple adopting Nigerian baby...Couple two: Morrocan couple adopting a Morrocan baby...Couple three: Chinese couple adopting a Chinese baby...Couple four: a Colombian woman and her husband adopting their Colombian niece...Couple five: My husband and I WHITE couple adopting an Ethiopian baby. Let me emphasize that these other couples were native to the countries the are adopting from and immigrated to America at different points in their life. I guess we are going to have to get that camaraderie from other places which leads me to tell you about my upcoming outing. I am heading off to Barnes and Noble to purchase a book titled Secret Thought Of An Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff. Here is the description, "A memoir by a funny woman, and extrovert, a Jewish wife living in Hawaii offered the chance to adopt a California biracial newborn and wondering, Am I too white to be the mother of a child this black?" Seems right up my ally!
Signing off in my Snuggie,
Becky
