Daily Dose of Mama: Dreams Come True

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Dreams Come True

Tomorrow my little family is heading to the happiest place on earth. I'm ridiculously excited, not only because it's the type of place you are supposed to be excited about, but because this is the first time we are taking a trip just for us. No agenda, no people to visit, no event to attend.

Just sun and family and food and a bunch of strangers dressed as cartoons. Awesome.

Our life is pretty amazing, and I know that, but a slightly-less-than-perfect part of our life is the time we have to spent apart. To just be Appa, Mama, and Little Bug without phones or e-mail or therapists for almost a week makes me giddy.

Like, I might actually cry when we walk through the gates to that magical kingdom and I get to watch my husband and son experience it for the first time.

We have billed this trip as a gift to Little Bug, a congrats for all his hard work over the past 2 years in therapy, an early happy birthday, and a sorry we are getting you a baby brother trip. Every decision we have made has been with him as the main factor.

But as parents, I've found the best gifts you can give to yourself is watching a child delight in a gift.

6 comments:

ChristineNovember 6, 2010 at 10:55 PM
This is going to be a wonderful trip for your family! I can't wait to hear all about it. Enjoy your time together!!
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everythingismeowsomeNovember 7, 2010 at 8:04 AM
I hope you have a wonderful time!!!
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KristenNovember 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM
I cried several times while we were there last year - seeing the joy on the kids faces as they experienced it for the 1st time was just awesome.

have a wonderful trip!
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Christine @ 12,450miles November 7, 2010 at 6:04 PM
I hope you have a fabulous time! I can't wait to hear all about it... ENJOY!
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JoJoNovember 8, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Have a wonderful vacation! You ALL deserve it. I have to say that you're last paragraph is sooo right.
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KaraNovember 8, 2010 at 1:54 PM
So glad you are able to do this with your family. I'm sure it will be a magical trip!
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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.

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