Da Burks

Month: August 2008

  • Tuggin’ on the heart strings…

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    So, exactly how nuts am I? Nuts enough to even entertain the thought of adopting again. And I’m not talking about somewhere down the road when Zoë is a year or two older. Oh, no. Now. When my “contact” (thanks a lot, Carol!) at Bethany tells me about a two-week old African-American baby girl who…

  • Family Vacation: The rest of the week

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    Nean
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    So… Why did I stop blogging about our vacation? Because, well, sharing ONE computer amongst two computer geeks leaves little time for blogging, particularly in conjunction with an activity-filled vacation. That, and the Little Man came down with a horrid cold with fever sometime late afternoon or early evening of Wednesday. I guess that explains…

  • Family Vacation Days 2&3: Sesame Place & Please Touch Museum

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    Nean
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    Vacation is getting more relaxing… We had to take our VERY nice Italian dinner from Monday night back to the hotel room to eat as the kids were too antsy and tired to behave in the restaurant. However, we had a nice dinner and Dante found his name on the wall at the restaurant (We’d…

  • Family Vacation Day One: Ocean City, NJ

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    Nean
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    So… We are on our very first week-long, hotel-stay family vacation. We left at just a little past 5:00 a.m. this morning. Despite all the hoping (and occasional suggestions from us), Dante did not sleep, as he was FAR too excited, but he finally settled in with his books, once I told him that we…