by jamieivey | Oct 10, 2013 | Adoption
Dear Jamie of 2010, You are trying so hard to parent Amos right now. It's hard. Really hard. One moment he's all over you cuddling, and the next minute he's running from you with no regard for your voice, your rules, your house, your anything! You have waited so...
by jamieivey | May 23, 2013 | Faith, Parenting
Like most of you I'm sure you have had some deep conversations with your kids lately about why things happen and the fears that might bring up in them. Things like the Boston bombings, earthquakes and tornados always bring up a sense of fear in my children that I...
by jamieivey | Mar 16, 2013 | Adoption, Parenting
Today we met some of our favorite friends at the Farmer's Market and had a blast. As my friend and I were standing in line to get breakfast tacos for all of our hungry munchkins I overheard her son ask Deacon and Amos if they knew who their real dad was. I stopped...
by jamieivey | Feb 11, 2013 | Adoption, Parenting
Today was the day I've dreaded for a while. Our first project about Amos when he was a baby. I knew these days would come because we've all done those projects in school. You talk about when you were a baby and so on. For Amos it's a bit difficult, because we don't...
by jamieivey | Feb 10, 2013 | Parenting
I recently was talking to a mom who was about to find out the sex of her baby. I was of course asking all the normal questions about what she would name her kids and she asked me how we picked our kids names. I think it's funny because most of our kids names are just...
