Our family started this adoption journey nearly 2.5 years ago. It’s been a lot of work, but we’ve also had the benefit of everything being new and exciting and having people interested in our story. From this point forward, the flashy/exciting part of our journey is over, and we need to settle into just doing…
Home, with the snow and jet lag to go with it
Astute readers will note that I am posting this in the middle of the night. That’s because I went to bed at 7:00 pm with my kids, and woke up at midnight. After laying in bed for 2.5 hours I decided to get up and do something productive. If I didn’t have two new kids…
India adoption paperwork DONE
More paperwork will be necessary after we get back to the US, but in terms of actually transporting Shivani and Aashish to their forever home, we are DONE with paperwork! Two of the required appointments that we’d started late last week included obtaining their travel visas and Hague Convention Adoption Certificates from the US Embassy…
American woman behind the wheel
Here’s how the conversation between Amy and Mr. Singh went: Mr. Singh: You drive? Amy: Yes, I drive. I drive a minivan in America about the size of this one. I also drove on roads like this in Kenya for three years while I lived there. Mr. Singh: You drive in Kenya? Amy: Yes Mr.…
My wife has regained her “certified genius” status
Here’s why Amy is a genius. We were going to take the kids swimming, right? Well Aashish was all excited about swimming, and had seen the pool the night before when we came in, but when it came to him actually getting in the water he wanted nothing to do with it. So you know…
My wife is no longer a certified genius
Hi everyone! We’ve been fine and things overall are going very well, we just have been unable to get cell phone signals or WiFi for the past couple days, hence my radio silence. So, to catch you up on the last few days … One of the blessings of our stay in Dehli has been…
Not wrong, just different
This would be a photo of Shivani and Aashish eating pizza. Notice those empty ketchup packets? They’re empty because both of them wanted a full packet of ketchup on their pizza. Also, a few days ago they each ate two ketchup packets just straight up – no french fries, no burger, no nothin’ – just…
Family Outings
The last two days have been full of family outings – some for post-adoption logistics and some just for fun. Yesterday we had medical appointments for Shivani and Aashish. They’ve been very well cared for both physically and emotionally in their Indian home, and we have many detailed medical reports confirming their excellent health care,…
My wife is a genius, part 2
Alright, so in terms of packing I’m the kind of guy who figures if you have a toothbrush and a change of underwear and a wallet you’re good to go, and if you happen to forget the toothbrush and underwear, well, that’s what Target is for. When I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2009…
Trouble Monkey
Amy is really good at explaining things using very simple English concepts. Last night, she explained the premise of Curious George stories and cartoons as “trouble monkey.” Then this morning at breakfast she went to grab something and told me “keep an eye on Mr. Trouble.” It didn’t take long after that before Aashish was…