Hawaii 5-0

A little bit of trivia. Hawaii is celebrating their 50th anniversary of statehood this year.

The Big Island vacation was great. The island is very different — barren lava rock to rainforests. We stayed a week at the lovely and interesting Hilton Waikola Village resort. It is massive:

• Three hotel towers
• Three pools
• Ocean fed lagoon
• Dolphin pool
• Many restaurants and bars
• Tram and boats to traverse it

We could have never left the resort. In fact, there were a few days that we didn’t. It was great to lay by the pool or the ocean and just relax. When we finally decided to head out we found waterfalls, black sand beaches, snorkeling, a rainforest and volcano.

Pics are posted here: Big Island Photos

 

It has been a while…

It has been over a month since I posted anything… time is flying by.

Too busy…. too little sleep.

So, I am posting this from LAX. We are on our way to Hawaii to celebrate our 10th wedding anniverary.

To relax… to catch up.

Aloha!

 

Welcome Home Little Ones

Referrals have been made through March 24, 2006 : http://chinaadopttalk.com/2009/08/21/babies-26/

 

Where Does The Summer Go?

It sounds so cliche – but, as I get old, time seems to move faster. I can hardly belive that it is the end of August. What have we done? My first response is “not much”. But that is never true. We vacationed, relaxed, spent time with family and friends. In fact, I had the oppurtunity to reconnect with two cousins (from different “sides” 0f my family) that I haven’t really spent any time with in almost 20 years. It is almost feels like that as life speeds up, it also has found time to slow down and allow for reconnections. It has been a good summer. I hope yours was good too.

 

Welcome Home…

 

Babies have been referred through March 22, 2006. Want to check out all of the new parent blogs? Click Here

For those of you keeping score at home, there are 134 days between March 22 and Aug 3, 2006…

 

face 2 face

Billy Joel and Elton John

I am not much of a concert goer. Last night, we went to the Billy Joel – Elton John ‘face 2 face’ concert at Nationals Park. It was the first concert at the Park and it went fairly well. Except for Eltons’ piano malfunctioning and he stormed of the stage. Billy took over and they rearrange the concert…. after that is was pretty flawless and a lot of fun.

 

Here We Go Again

It is that time of the year… home study renewal!  It is beginning to feel like its own season. This years paperwork-palooza started with a whimper. Our homestudy caseworker forgot about our appointment. After waiting 45 mins, I called her office. She tried to reschedule. I said no. So, 35 mins later she was on our doorstep and we had the typical 20 min homestudyappointment. Next on the list — Drs appointments.

 

What Have I Learned?

Over the past several weeks, many people have asked about our adoption. The most frequent question is “what do you do during the wait?”  That answer is easy — what we did before we decided to adopt.  We go to work, go on vacation, read books, hang out with friends… you get the idea.

What no one “asks is what have you learned?” I have learned to be patient – very, very patient.  I am ‘Type A’.  I like things to be on schedule (well, my schedule) and fit into my plan. Many people have told me that I will have to change when the little person comes home. While I understand that (not sure how much I accept it), the adoption process has forced me to become patient. One life lesson down… hundreds of more to go.

 

Happy Dad’s Day…

… to all of special dads out there!

 

New Family Alert…

China has referred babies with LIDs through March 20, 2006. Want to see more? Click here: http://chinaadopttalk.com/2009/06/19/babies-24/