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You Don't Have To Be Perfect To Be A Parent

If there is one thing that I have learned in the last 2 years is that no matter how hard you try, perfection is a very hard goal to reach. As we set out on our first adoption journey, we knew that there would be days when we would be tired, stressed and (gasp) even raise our voice to our child. But we thought, how hard can it be? Being parents is something we have dreamed of for years, and we were ready for any challenge that came our way.

Now that we are parents to an amazing little toddler that learns new words, loves to make us laugh and is a constant little mess maker in our house, we laugh at how naive first time parents can be. We now understand that being a parent doesn't mean being "perfect" in anyone's eyes... even your child. It means you put the needs of that little person before your own, it means walking through a grocery store as fast as you can so everyone else in the store doesn't have to hear your little one scream their own concerto (it was a funny story if you ever that to hear it.) It means that no matter what, you will always have each other. We are so grateful for adoption. This process has made us a family... momma and daddy to our son Matthew. There are no two sweeter words in the world (even when you hear them for an hour and a half straight on the way to the lake.)

Parenthood has been such a blessing to us we thought.... let's do it again! Yes, we are once again looking to expand our family through adoption! If you would like to check out our new profile, or would like to pass on our information to someone you know that is looking to make an adoption plan, we would love it!

Do we REALLY live in North Dakota?

With the weather we have had the last few days, plus the weather we have in our upcoming forecast, it makes me think that maybe that we have moved our whole state to a new location on the map!
(See the power of Photoshop!)

If you also live in this great state, please, go outside and enjoy this unseasonably warm weather. I just took my lunch break and visited the fine people at Don's Car Wash. It was a hopping place today!

Matthew is enjoying the weather at the lake with Grandma and Grandpa today. Looks like the only snow left in Minnesota is in our yard.

Have a great day... hard to not smile on a day like today!

LOVE and Other Things

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! 

My and my Valentine (Matthew) are spending the evening with friends tonight! Aaron is traveling for work, so we are going to have our own special little day. 

A little reminder that today is Giving Hearts Day in the Fargo-Moorhead area. It is an event sponsored by the Dakota Medical Foundation. If you can, please give back! If I may make a suggestion, The Village Family Services and Catholic Charities of ND (both Adoption Agencies!) would be a fabulous place to give your money to!

Here is a link to the Giving Hearts Day website! 

Back on the Horse...

Well it is official... we are filling out our next adoption papers. We were kind of hoping that there would be less paperwork for the second time around, but no luck. Oh well, it is totally worth all the time and energy.

We are thinking we will be "back on the list" again sometime this late spring! So, it is time for me to get back on the blogging bandwagon. To tell the truth, I kind of miss it.

In case you haven't see a picture of our little family in a long time, here we are at our last photo session. These beauties will be featured in our next profile. I will post a copy as soon as I have it ready!