Nihao means “hello” in Mandarin, the most commonly spoken Chinese dialect. Benjamin and I decided that since we are adopting a Chinese daughter and going to China, that it would be a good opportunity to learn Chinese! We found a great website called ChinesePod, which lets you download Chinese lessons to your iPod along with [...]

I’ve got a secret and I just can’t keep it any longer. Actually, we (my husband and I) have a secret. It has always been our desire to have a family. We have both felt that it is our calling to raise children. We have struggled through a high risk pregnancy, months on bedrest, and [...]

I do not want to be silent on my progress on the knitting front. I am still working on some secret knitting right now…which translates to mean that the pattern I am working on is definately a work in progress. Every time I have ironed out one kink I discover another.  But I keep working [...]

With my husband’s help, my blog got a new look today! I am still trying to iron out the kinks (like the sidebar being at the bottom of the page when viewed with Internet Explorer but not other browsers like Firefox or Safari), so please bear with me. Not having the date and time stamp [...]

It is very quiet here and all of the lights are out.  I was snuggled up in bed between my sleeping husband and the purring Dex cat.  But I felt the call…no, the drive.  It was so strong it pulled me out of bed even though it is nearly midnight.  So now here I sit [...]