We woke up on custody day – or “Giddy Day” as we like to call it – full of conflicting emotions. I always imagined Giddy Day would be like the day we met Gideon for the first time, full of unhindered joy, relief, and excitement....
We're jumping right back into the blog to cover our custody trip! We'll start with our day-by-day, and then - because I probably get more questions about travel to Korea than just about anything else - I'll share our full Korea Travel Guide! I updated our...
No one told me I might not feel like a mom. Ok, so that’s probably not actually true. I’m sure it was somewhere in our pre-adoption training. In fact, I distinctly remember a quote from an adoptive parent in our training book that said it is...
Gideon was placed in our arms 4 months ago today, and we still haven't posted his photo on our blog. For those of you who have been following our blog since the beginning and waiting so patiently to see our boy's beautiful face, we are...
It is currently May 26, 2018. Gideon has been in our arms for 54 days, and home for 48. We are clearly WAY behind on our blog, but I want to make sure we backtrack just a little bit! After all, we want to remember...
{Written by Brian} I don’t tend to be a very emotional person. My parents have a home movie of my twin brother and me on our 6-7 year birthday, sitting in front of our presents. Randy is bouncing up and down, rocking back and forth, cheesing...