Welcome

We set up our adoption blog so you can get to know our family a little better. I started blogging back in 2007 and have kept up with it over the years. At the end of every year, we print off our blog for that year and give it to Daniel's mom for her Christmas present. She keeps all of her children's yearly journals in a notebook that we will get back one day to pass down to our kids. I try to keep it up to date as much as I can.


When we decided to start the adoption process, I decided to make an identical blog for birth mothers to read. Everything that I write about my family on our personal blog, I copy it over to my adoption blog. I understand that an adoption profile only gives limited information about us and we want you to have the opportunity to really get to know who we are and what we like to do as a family. Our adoption blog will show you who we were even before we adopted our boys. Feel free to read as much as you want or click on the links up above!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Mistaken Identity

For Christmas, Laura gave me a digital photo frame for me to put in my office at work. So I diligently gathered a bunch of pictures of Laura and I, my nephews, nieces, siblings' families, family gatherings, and various vacations Laura and I had been on. It scrolls through the pictures at random and is my favorite thing in my office. Well, I had a funny experience today (and it wasn't the first time either). I had this picture up on the screen when a co-worker walked by my office and dropped something off.


She glanced at it and as she started walking out she turned around with a puzzled look on her face. Actually, it was more a mixture between confusion, surprise, and astonishment. She then asked me who were those other two people in the picture? I looked at it and quickly thought to myself, "...other two? There are three people in the picture. Does she know Brian or Tay?"

As I was thinking this stuff, and right as my coworker was about to start talking, I answered, "well that is my brother and family." It was like I could visibly see the light bulb go off over her head. She then said, "oh ok, that makes sense. You guys look exactly alike. I was wondering who that woman and kid were because she didn't look like Laura and I knew you didn't have any kids."

I just had to laugh. This isn't the first time this has happened at the office or even out of the office. While I can only see a small familial resemblance, I guess we look alike to others because even Laura and Tay have said that they sometimes have to do a double take and make sure they are grabbing the right guy.
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