Daily Dose of Mama: E [TBD] [TBD] [TBD] M

Saturday, March 13, 2010

E [TBD] [TBD] [TBD] M

Dear Little Bro,

Yesterday Appa and I settled on your name. We hope you like it.

It wasn't my first choice, but your wise Aunt Ali(ce) reminded me that in the long run I'll truly love the name not because it was an homage to my favorite author or trendy (like the name I was fighting for), but because it is your name. Just settling on the name makes me like it even more because now it is you.

We've taken care of the cornerstone pieces of your name; we cannot wait to find out what the middle portion will be!

7 comments:

sueMarch 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM
wahoo!!!! i'm so excited that you have decided on a name!! can't wait to hear it!
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AnonymousMarch 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM
How exciting!!!
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Brett & BonnieMarch 13, 2010 at 9:57 PM
Hmmmmmm, let me guess ......Jeff wouldn't go for Austen????
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Annie BMarch 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Hooray! I can't wait to hear it either. Choosing a name is so tough!
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CoriMarch 15, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Bonnie, I hadn't even thought about that. Nope, I was going for my all-time favorite author, Mr. Shakespeare.

Sigh.
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AliMarch 15, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Austen! Awesome - I hadn't even thought of that before.
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kellyMarch 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM
E? I think I know what it is.... and I LIKE it!
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Everyday Mama

I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

I worked full time as an editor, which I loved; but I made the bittersweet decision to stay home with my children after Little Bro came home. I'm now clumsily finding my footing in a new world of housekeeping, menu planning, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and rainy-day activities, as well as navigating the world of IEPs, parent advocacy, and special needs education (spoiler: I suck at house work). My husband is hot and smart and quiet and loyal, and I think (know) my sons are the cutest, happiest little boys in the world.

I also struggle at times with mild depression, anxiety, post-adoption depression, my husband's constant absence due to his stressful and super time-consuming job, the challenges of helping my older son with his sometimes exhausting special needs, and our transition to a family of three little boys with just 19 and 14 months between them. I worry way too much about what people think of me, hate talking on the phone, and I am trying to trust myself more.

Oh yeah, I'm unable to give birth to children; love books, writing, traveling, and the color brown; hate to clean, cook, craft, or do laundry; allergic to pretty much everything but food (thank God); and think camping in anything but a tent is lame.

I needed somewhere to drop my daily mama thoughts and musings on toddler poop to avoid massive clutter and ramblings on our private family blog. Writing it down on paper is so '90s.

This is my everyday "blournal" as I navigate through my life as a first-time (or is it third-time now?) mama and long-time me. So....hi.

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