Continuation of the challenge

5.     WRITE A LETTER TO THE BIRTH PARENT(S)/ADOPTIVE PARENT(S) 

Write a letter to your child’s birth/adoptive parents.  Either keep this letter private because this is a personal activity or after the activity if you feel it is appropriate, consider sharing it with who it was intended for.

Dear Birthparents,

We miss you and we wish we would hear from you soon. When she was first born I felt this amazing beautiful connection with you and although our contact after the hospital was only two letters, I miss you and I want to know you are doing well.

You should see how much she has grown. Its amazing. Since you have other children I guess it wouldn't be so shocking for you but since she is our first, we watch with utter amazement as her vocabulary improves, her physician abilities seem to multiply in front of our eyes. She walks, talks, yells, sings, and she even puts her baby dolls to bed. "Lay Down!" she hollers at anyone who decides to play baby for her if they even so much as breathe! "Lay down!" and then she covers you back up with a blanket, plops down beside you and proceeds to rub your back and sometimes sing to you. It is amazing, and funny. I wish you could see it, or at least I wish I could tell you about it.

I wonder everyday where you are and what you are doing. When we last talked you wanted to go back to school and learn a trade. I was hoping so much that you would. You are so smart and so clever and so strong. I've asked the agency to try and locate you but they haven't been successful.

I really hope all is well, you would be so proud of our little girl!

I love and miss you,
M.S. Simons

#4 ( I slacked for a few days!)

4.     WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR CHILD

Write a letter to your child whether or not you have adopted/given birth.  Explain in this letter how you feel about your current situation-both the positives and the negatives- and what changes you would like to see occur – short time and long term.  Remember to read this letter sometime in the future as it will be a nice reference for you and you can measure how much you have changed and grown.  You may be able to one day share this letter with your child as well.

Dear Micah and Future Child,

Today is February 4, 2014 and we are currently waiting for placement on our future child. While we wait, we are enjoying watching Micah grow and develop. Every day we see her do something new we haven't seen her do before. We are contemplating potty training Micah at the ripe age of 22 months.

We are so excited to meet the new little one. We realize this will be a big change for our family and that Micah will have a large adjustment to make. We can't wait to see how good she will be as a big sister. She does such a great job with her baby dolls already.

As for our current situation, we are pretty happy with most things. Daddy and I are hoping to better our careers in the near future. But work is the least important things in our life. We have a beautiful home, 2 great dogs, Micah, and a pending 2nd adoption. We Can't wait to complete our family.

Waiting isn't the easiest but the process is definitely more fun when you spend that time with watching an almost 2 year old run around the house, play with the dogs, and learn and develop.

Love,
Mommy

** not much of a blog post but I did it.**** Hard to do this when Sesame Street is blaring in the background.

Good Luck
M.S. Simons