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A few weeks ago I had the great privilege (and I use that word intentionally) of attending a workshop with Lisa Marie Rollins on race and transracial adoption. The workshop was held by our adoption agency, and here’s how they introduced Lisa Marie: “Lisa Marie Rollins is the Founder and Executive Director of AFAAD, Adopted […]

Just a quick follow-up to our Twitter updates (on the left): Nico’s surgery and post-op recovery have gone very well. This morning he was smiling and making faces with us and the medical staff during his admission and surgery prep, right up to the point where he fell asleep. He awoke pretty distressed due to […]

Tomorrow I’m leaving on a 24-hour mini vacation to Toronto for my sister Joanna’s thesis show–she’s graduating from Humber’s Interior Design program. My first night away from the children since January! I’m looking forward to the solitude of driving and the luxury of dressing up without having my earrings pulled and my blouse sneezed on. […]

I’m working on a long post about Nico’s health and development, plus we’ve got news and pictures from Lia’s birthday and Easter. But I wanted to quickly report that Nico was supposed to have palate repair surgery in two days, and it’s been postponed because he’s got a cold and possible ear infection. The new […]

After the turmoil of our trip, we are finally approaching equilibrium. Daylight savings time was another bump in the sleep schedules, but I think we’re almost in the clear on that front: Nico slept from 8 pm to 7:30 am the last two nights! But just when we’re settling back into our normal routines, I […]