Life in the Bend

The staff at my school held a baby shower for us this afternoon! I guess this adoption thing is really happening – it still doesn’t feel real and probably won’t until we get to meet Atticus and Norah. Other people believe it though and that’s awfully fun.

The babies’ room is quickly beginning to overflow with kid gear. Binkies, bottles, clothes, bouncy chairs…these kids sure need a lot of stuff. We received our first baby carrier today along with a double jogging stroller. I know it’s going to be important for my mental health to be able to get out of the house once the kids are home, so I’m especially excited about these two gifts!

The staff at my school held a baby shower for us this afternoon! I guess this adoption thing is really happening – it still doesn’t feel real and probably won’t until we get to meet Atticus and Norah. Other people believe it though and that’s awfully fun.

The babies’ room is quickly beginning to overflow with kid gear. Binkies, bottles, clothes, bouncy chairs…these kids sure need a lot of stuff. We received our first baby carrier today along with a double jogging stroller. I know it’s going to be important for my mental health to be able to get out of the house once the kids are home, so I’m especially excited about these two gifts!

The staff at my school held a baby shower for us this afternoon! I guess this adoption thing is really happening – it still doesn’t feel real and probably won’t until we get to meet Atticus and Norah. Other people believe it though and that’s awfully fun.

The babies’ room is quickly beginning to overflow with kid gear. Binkies, bottles, clothes, bouncy chairs…these kids sure need a lot of stuff. We received our first baby carrier today along with a double jogging stroller. I know it’s going to be important for my mental health to be able to get out of the house once the kids are home, so I’m especially excited about these two gifts!

A few months ago our friend’s apartment burned down. He wasn’t home and everyone else in the building got out alive, but he lost most of his belongings. Shortly thereafter, Paul insisted we buy a fire-proof safe to store our most important papers. Even though it was a boring thing to spend money on, I agreed with his rational and we purchased one and dutifully loaded it with our passports, birth certificates, tax returns, and adoption papers. Obviously, we should have a safety deposit box as well, but this seemed like a good solution for the items that we needed to be able to access at any time.

Last night we needed to look at some of that paperwork so we trotted into the office, turned the key on the safe and….nothing happened. Even though Paul had practiced opening it with the key ahead of time, it wouldn’t work anymore. We couldn’t help but laugh as we realized that our most important documents were sealed tight and unavailable. I was sure we were going to have to lug the entire heavy contraption to a locksmith, but Paul, ever the Boyscout, set about tinkering with some screwdrivers, hammers, and other blunt instruments and soon enough our treasures had been released.

A few months ago our friend’s apartment burned down. He wasn’t home and everyone else in the building got out alive, but he lost most of his belongings. Shortly thereafter, Paul insisted we buy a fire-proof safe to store our most important papers. Even though it was a boring thing to spend money on, I agreed with his rational and we purchased one and dutifully loaded it with our passports, birth certificates, tax returns, and adoption papers. Obviously, we should have a safety deposit box as well, but this seemed like a good solution for the items that we needed to be able to access at any time.

Last night we needed to look at some of that paperwork so we trotted into the office, turned the key on the safe and….nothing happened. Even though Paul had practiced opening it with the key ahead of time, it wouldn’t work anymore. We couldn’t help but laugh as we realized that our most important documents were sealed tight and unavailable. I was sure we were going to have to lug the entire heavy contraption to a locksmith, but Paul, ever the Boyscout, set about tinkering with some screwdrivers, hammers, and other blunt instruments and soon enough our treasures had been released.