Parenting After Adoption

So, today is my very last day of work. As of 4pm today, I will be a full time stay at home mom. (Well, I guess a full time stay at home mom / part time blogger!!) About 2 1/2 weeks ago my son’s daycare informed us she was closing. Her youngest is getting ready to start school and she had a great opportuntity fall into her lap, so she chose to take it. We are happy for her. But, it meant finding a new daycare for our son. The Great Daycare Search 2007 began. And it was a bust! It was absolutely shocking how horrible some daycares were. I honestly had one person tell me she liked to keep the number of kids she watched during the day low because she worked at night. Umm, when do you sleep?? (more…)

My son’s adoption is a transracial adoption. This means he is a different race than my husband and I. We are Caucasian. Cameron is biracial: African American and Caucasian.

When we began the adoption process, we had no idea what we wanted. We attended an informational session with an adoption agency. They had different “plans” for adoption. One plan was for international. One was for Caucasian and Hispanic. One was for African American. They went in great depth about the difficulty they had finding families for African American children. As a result, the fees were slighlty lower and the wait times were significantly shorter. We left there feeling like we finally had a reason for why we were unable to get pregnant. We had a purpose! We were supposed to adopt African American children. (more…)

We have a fully open adoption with Cameron’s first family. What does this mean, you ask. Well, that is what I am here to explain!! (Please keep in mind that some people view open in different degrees. These are solely my opinions based on my life experiences.) (more…)

Our adoption of Cameron was a domestic adoption. What does this mean? We live in the United States and he was born in the United States. Plain and simple.

An interntaional adoption would be an adoption where the parents live in the United States and adopt from another country. (more…)

Hello world! I am here. My name is Marci. I am 25 years old. I am married to Handsome. And we have one son, Turkey! Turkey was adopted. This blog will explore adoption. We will start with the basics. I will do some posts beginning next week on terms intertwined with adoption. I will try and tackle all aspects of adoption to the best of my knowledge. If anyone has suggestions or questions, please let me know. (more…)