Baby Book

So we have had String Bean for almost seven months. I finally chose to buy a baby book for him.  I finally took the risk of bio parents contesting tpr and bought the dang book my mother has been hounding me about getting :)

I immediately started to fill it out. I could hear my parents in my head as I wrote the truth of his story in certain sections. I could hear them saying "  He may not ever need to know his story"  or "He may hate you for finding out he was adopted" I hope the last isn't true.  Adoption WILL BE a topic freely talked about in my (our) household.  I really don't want my child to feel shame in the fact that he was adopted. I don't want him to be embarrassed because he is adopted. We want him to know there are many ways to create a family, and ours is through adoption. All ways of a family being made are beautiful and special.

So while I work on this baby book, I keep looking at the life book binder next to me.  Ugh... I seriously don't like their book. I understand why it is there and why it is important to have their story written down somewhere, but the binder does not make it age appropriate. If I were to fill it out, SB wouldn't understand his story when he was three or four.  It is geared to the older child who can read and write since there are spots for the child to fill out.  I have been searching for age appropriate life books and the only examples I have seen are for children adopted from another country, not from foster care.  I guess I need to read more. There was a give away a week or so back that I entered for a chance to win one of two books. I didn't win. So now these two books are going to be added to my list of books to buy.  The first one came highly recommended by some of our foster/adopt class teachers:
Telling the truth to your foster & adopted kids  and Lifebooks
They both seem like they would be so interesting to read.

Adoption Party Planning

Ok seriously my family is going nuts on celebrating String Bean joining our family.  I have a feeling I may look back on this and wish I hosted a simple party like we normally do (we usually have a big summer party).   Today while visiting with family, half the time was spent trying to figure out what the best umbrella pattern will be to give the most shade to the patio...yeah i am serious.

I can't beleive that we are so very blessed to be able to celebrate an adoption of our little man. Although I am a bit leary to send out the invites this week as there is still time for bios to contest their tpr. We honestly dont think they will, but who knows, bios can be unpredictable :)  About 2 weeks to know for sure. I guess God knows what will happen and we are going to trust in him and believe that bios will not contest!