Happy Mothers Day!

Our mothers!

Porch and I are blessed to have three fabulous women we call "Mom." I love that about our family. I had a funny exchange with a parent last night at pick up as she said, "Happy Mothers-- wait, you're not a mom. Never mind... Happy Not Being a Mom Day," before exiting stage right. I just kind of stood there for a minute processing what she had said and then laughed.

Happy 8+ hours of sleep to ME!

I have 23 (plus one on the way, whenever Baby J arrives to his family... Maybe this weekend!) kiddos that I get to spend my days with and 22 amazing families that I get to impact every single day! I may not get to take one home with me (legally) but those children are very much "mine."

I have a downright amazing husband who cracks me up with such gems as "If a train leaves Milwaukee at 10:00 and is travelling at 80mph and a second train leaves Chicago at 7:00 at 45mph, how many hours are in the new season of Arrested Development?" The answer is 8.5 hours if youre wondering or trying to figure out what the hell Im talking about... In which i hope youre not investing your valuable time.

The main point of my presentation is that while I may not yet have birthed a watermelon baby, Im incredibly thanksful to work so closely with children and their families every day and I am thankful that I let Porch talk me into moving to Chicago in 2008. I dont think my Wisconsin path would have been nearly as fruitful.

This weekend, we are celebrating our mothers and the wonderful job they did raising and impacting our lives. Our mommies are pretty frickin' awesome and we love you all very much.

Xoxo

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The neighborhood gem

We have lived in our current place for about 2.5 years. Sunday marked the first time EVER that we walked to the neighborhood park and participated in open swim at the pool. I don't know why it took so long... maybe because we're not usually here on the weekends? Not sure. But Sunday was such a gorgeous day that we couldn't resist the urge to be outside but this preggo needed to be cool. I mentioned the pool and called to find out deets (hours, type of swim, fee, etc) and we slipped on our suits & were out the door in no time! We had been working all morning to assemble baby gear and catch up on laundry so we welcomed the break. We spent about an hour soaking up the sun and floating around in the water. We really aren't going anywhere (no more trips to the cabin or Green Bay for me) between now and the baby's arrival so I suspect that if the weather is nice, we'll be more likely to consider the pool. Hey, it's clean, free, and close to home. Can...

Maternity Pictures

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I suppose this kid's gonna need somewhere to sleep...

As an avid blog stalker reader, I have been following several stories of other families who have struggled with infertility and am actually just days separated from Liz & her hubby at Wishing on a Snowflak e who adopted embryos and actually had her transfer the same week I did and we both got positive results. I read her blog today and saw the amazing nursery they're putting together for their daughter and I realized something kind of important... Holy shit. This kid is going to need somewhere to sleep. And we're already almost 14 weeks deep. I suspect it's much like the wedding. I was never really the girl who dreamed about her wedding day in great detail. I was too busy hoping to find the right person, the details didn't matter. I feel like I've been so busy wishing, hoping, praying, stabbing myself with needles, etc to give this some real deep thought. Remember when we moved in to our apartment and Porch was all like " We could raise some...

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