Supper Club - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
I didn't post an update about our October 28 supper club location because we didn't have one.  Tommy & Holly, our supper club leaders, were busy preparing for their wonderful Halloween party, and no one else had the gumption to plan anything...This week we returned to Saffron Indian.  You can tell it's one of our favorite places, because we return again and again.  This

Examples of the Two Ways This Can Go
For those interested in doing more reading on voluntary-relinquishment infant adoption, I'd like to recommend a couple of other blogs to read.The first one, Waiting For Bambino, is a couple in Denver who were matched on August 7.  Scan down the right column for "August", scroll down to August 7 and then read the posts up from there, same for September (bottom to top) and October.  This is a placement that went through as planned, and their daughter Nora has now been home for a month.The second one, A + A Adopt A Baby, is a couple in Seattle who were matched

Happy Halloween Weekend
What a nice, if quiet, Halloween weekend!  I just love it when Halloween falls on a weekend.  It never seems right to have to get up and go to work the day after (kind of like the Super Bowl).Friday night we went to Tommy & Holly's annual party.  Scott and I had a reality show theme -- I was Kate and Sc

We've Been Matched!
OK, I've been a bit mysterious about this the last month or so, but.....We've been matched!!!!Our social worker told us back at the beginning of September that we were being presented to a couple with an infant due in December. At the end of September we learned that we'd been chosen, but that they wanted to meet us. After a couple of reschedulings, we met face-to-face with the birth mother a couple of weeks ago.By nature, this kind of meeting is as awkward as they come. After all, this event that we hope for is an occasion of loss and sadness for them. I will say, though, the meeting was

The Call of the Blue Ridge
It seems like at least once every spring and fall we hear the call of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  What a treasure we have just a couple hours from home.  Sunday was such a beautiful day, we decided to go do some leaf-watching.  Our drive up highway 220 was gorgeous -- colors right at peak.  When we got up on the parkway, colors were decidedly past their peak, but it was still a beautiful day for a drive.We stopped at Mabry Mill, but didn't stay very long, as the crowds were CRAZY.  Beautiful stop, but just way too crowded.