Adoption: That first moment with your child.

http://chinaadoptiontalk.blogspot.com/2010/10/not-always-love-at-first-sight.html

This blog had me in tears this morning.
The comments are even worse.
It is terrifying to know that what is such a beautiful moment for parents is such a terrible moment for the children.
Now what?
How do we learn from this and change the situation to make it easier/ kinder/ gentler for the child?
Argh!
*kicks things*

Just when i feel like i'm prepared for anything that may come up in adoption, something like this is brought up and i wonder if i'll ever be really prepared to parent an adoptive child.
It's so... painful. the whole process. From begining to end it's pain and heartbreak and trauma.

ugh!

Magdalena's New Bedroom!

This is the room that my little sister moved out of recently. We knew it would need paint and carpet before Magda could move in and really, felt like we had MONTHS, youknow, to get it done so we were in no hurry... untill ofcourse i started feeling Baby Brother kicking my insides out at which point i decided we better get a move on. lol

Here we taped off the baseboards and stuch prepping for paint.
Look at that nasty brown carpet. ewww....

This is after a fresh coat of pure white paint and laying new fresh beige carpeting.
It's ten times brighter in that room.

Miss magdalena had herself a rush of excitement when Mommy moved that bed into the room. It's like it finally clicked. She was jumping on the bed saying "My Bed!!! My ROOM!!!!"

I painted her dresser with the same white that we used on the walls.
It's so pretty. Whenever i finish playing with the mirror, it'll get added, too.

This is just to show off our awesome storage case for Toys.
Isn't it awesome? It is. Go Ahead. Admit it. You want one. lol

And the finished product. =)

To say she LOVES IT is an understatement.

And Mommy Likes it too.
<3