Da Burks

Author: Nean

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

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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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    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…

  • The Winds of Change…

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    It’s an “amicable breakup” to borrow an analogy…. But it’s still a “breakup”. It’s still change. I still don’t deal like change. And it still means re-evaluating… life in general…

  • Of adoptions and illnesses…

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    So… I must be the worst blogger in the universe. Thanks Ami, for a gentle prod to update this yet again. And now for the big news: Zoë’s finalization hearing will be on May 29 at 10:00 AM. After that, she’ll officially be a Burkholder! And that will mark the end of this seemingly endless…

  • Another day, another load of laundry…

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    So, it was pointed out to us (thanks Greg) that we’re incredibly lax on the updates of late. Our apologies on that one. Somewhere in the middle of the daily life of searching for pacifiers, mixing bottles of formula, throwing yet another load of spewed on laundry in the washer, and generally collapsing in exhaustion…

  • And so it goes…

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    So, I feel pretty idiotic. I couldn’t remember how to login and update here. Obviously, however, I figured it out… So here’s video poker strategyonline europa casinotop online kasinosrealistisches internet kasino,realistisches online casino,realistisches casinocasino spiele kostenlos spieleninternet online casinosunstar casino netrussisches rouletteamerican slotskasinospiele onlinetop internet casinoonline casino spielenonline casino livecasino tycoononline baccarat spielegluck spielcasino online…

  • Christmastime is here…

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    Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night… Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part. 🙂 The Burkholder homestead got much crazier in the last several weeks. We three are now we four. 8+ hour nights of sleep are a thing of the past and now we’re thankful for 3-4 hours…

  • We all have our bad weeks…

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    So, there’s nothing new to report… And I guess that’s the big problem. As far as we know, our profile isn’t even out being viewed at the moment. There aren’t any specific prospects, and today I’m frustrated. I try to remain positive, knowing that God knows exactly which child is ours. But I guess I’m…

  • It’s okay — the nursery isn’t ready yet!

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    So, as usual, several people have been asking how the adoption is going. The answer: ? We’re still waiting. Our profile has been shown a couple times (one turned down because it was “too close”, one we turned down with some concerns about the particular situation, and one in NJ that we’re awaiting a response…

  • Here we go… *gulp*

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    I spoke with the social worker at Bethany this afternoon to get a bit more information regarding a situation she emailed us about yesterday. Jeff and I have decided to have our profile shown to this birth parent. Our profile (and any others the social worker has to show) will go to the mother next…