The Mellins: November 2013

The Best Early Birthday Present Ever!!

Democratic Republic of Congo Adoption Gift

A day before my birthday we received more photos of our 3 year old handsome little man.

In this process of our adoption my emotions have been on a crazy roller coaster. We have two biological daughters and I feel I am in a kind of a high risk pregnancy with our son. We received our first image of him on the 28th of October and it reminded me of the 1st ultrasound with each of our girls. Then when we received more the day before my birthday I was more emotional than words can describe, and I was flooded with many thoughts that occur during pregnancy! What will his personality be like? What will he grow up to be? What will our relationship with him be like? Plus all the other millions of questions that come into your mind that include what was his life like before joining our family. I feel so many emotions that come with bringing a new child into our home and hearts. I read recently that "Adoption is a labor of the heart." Oh how true that feels!

Photo Credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Halloween 2013

So I realize this is a little late, but I still wanted to blog about Halloween anyways! I think Libby kind of got the idea of what Halloween is all about, but I have a feeling next year she will really get into it.