Fathers Day Frosty Weekend

Yazan: CanCan | 05 June 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption

Some dads are more partial to simple pleasures in life instead of the fancy-schmancy stuff. My husband is one such example.
He would probably be pleased with a Father’s Day lunch at Wendy’s!
Did you know that for the past three years, Wendy’s has made it a Father’s Day Frosty Weekend tradition to donate 50 cents from [...]

Teaching Children About Disabilities and Inclusion

Yazan: CanCan | 24 March 2009 | 34 Comments
Categories: Adoption, CanCan, Jojo, Mom stuff

I was thinking today about physical handicaps and how I “deal” with the “issue” with my children.
I can’t really remember a time when Jojo has made a seemingly inappropriate comment about a disabled person. I seem to remember him being really jealous of someone in a cool wheel chair one day when we were out [...]

Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family

Yazan: CanCan | 11 March 2009 | 40 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews

There has been a recent “baby invasion” around here; two adopted infants and one biological child have joined families in my circle of friends in the past two months.
Watching their journeys into parenthood and reflecting on my own has really made me think about the risk in becoming a parent.
No matter if you have [...]

Glitterful Felt Stories Giveaway!

Yazan: CanCan | 24 January 2009 | 99 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

Shelby, the mompreneur behind Glitterful Felt Stories, recently contributed a guest post about her experience adopting domestically.
Shelby has also donated a prize to our Celebration of Adoption!
At the end of this post, you can enter to win a 11X14 flannel board and one regular cut story of your choice!
Glitterful Felt Stories first came onto [...]

OriginOne

Yazan: CanCan | 23 January 2009 | 170 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Giveaways, Mom stuff

OriginOne is a unique company that uses hip, fashionable, graphic clothing to proclaim a message of human oneness!
OriginOne springs from inspiration that struck when the founding couple adopted their infant daughter.
In the spell of wonder that babies bring, this new adoptive father realized that,
even though he was not her “birth” father, she was still [...]

Adiri Natural Nurser

Yazan: CanCan | 23 January 2009 | 5 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Deaky Deke, Eating, Reviews

Baby Deeds was understandably VERY happy when we started using Adiri Natural Nurser Baby Bottles.
(Baby Deeds, pictured here at about 5-months-old!)
We still nurse, but increasingly as he grew, there have been times that we needed to be apart for short periods, including when I was working part-time.
I didn’t want him to have to be entirely [...]

Medela For Nursing Moms

Yazan: CanCan | 20 January 2009 | 101 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Green, Mom stuff, Reviews

I was intrigued and excited to learn that adoptive moms can breastfeed their babies. I enjoyed breastfeeding my children, and I used Medela products every step of the way.
So when a friend began pursuing the adoption of a newborn baby with plans to nurse him, I introduced her to the magic of Medela!
Medela generously [...]

Domestic Open Adoption

Yazan: CanCan | 19 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Guest posts

Shelby Barone is an adoptive mom, blogger, and mompreneur behind Glitterful Felt Stories.
Shelby has adopted two children in the U.S., and has a “homegrown” or biological child as well.
Shelby wanted to share about her experience in adopting domestically!
There are so many misconceptions about domestic adoption. My husband and I were able to adopt two [...]

Adopting A Daughter From Jiangxi

Yazan: CanCan | 18 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

Today, Diana of Diana Rambles blogging fame shares with us some of her experience adopting her cutie-pie daughter from China!
Back in 2005 we decided to add to our family via adoption. We explored our options and ultimately decided to adopt from China. There are 2 adoption options with China. One is the traditional program [...]

Answers in Abundance

Yazan: CanCan | 17 January 2009 | 52 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Giveaways, Reviews

Elliott Anderson and his wife, Angie, struggled with infertility for 9 years before deciding to pursue adoption.
Elliott has written Answers in Abundance: A Miraculous Adoption Journey as Told from a Father’s Heart, a unique memoir of the infertility journey and adoption process from a man’s perspective.
Elliott and Angie’s story is a veritable roller coaster [...]