by Tiffany Bluhm | Jan 24, 2015 | Adoption, Heart and Soul
The permanence of this baby baffles me. After losing Lucius, the sweet boy who we fought for to join our family, I haven’t allowed myself too much brain space to think past the present about my kids. I know full well tomorrow isn’t promised. I savor today....
by Tiffany Bluhm | Jan 12, 2015 | Kiddy Diaries
I had a hellish pregnancy. No joke. It was slow and torturous. This is not a feeling, it’s a fact. I had hyperemesis gravidarum, anemia, sciatica, and hints of gestational diabetes. Every day was a cycle of excessive vomiting of food, bile, and on occasion even...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Jan 9, 2015 | Kiddy Diaries
Finally, that bambino I’ve been waiting for is here! I’ve registered for what I thought I needed and still find myself scrambling to Target to get what I now know is really what I need. Most of the items I consider essentials were new to me. While...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Jan 5, 2015 | Adoption, Heart and Soul, Spend Yourself
The musings are old blog posts journaling the progression of our Ugandan adoption. My Family Keeps Getting Darker “My family keeps getting darker!” This was said by my husband to his Indian wife about his soon to be Ugandan baby! Not sure he thought that would...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Jan 2, 2015 | Kiddy Diaries
I didn’t see it coming but it happened. After 40 hours of labor and only dilated to 4 cm we decided that I would go under the knife to get our sweet baby boy out. They were going to rip him out of me. To be honest, after 40 hours of exhaustion and excitement I...