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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…