Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Our adoption finalization hearing is set for May 28th. This is a week after we close on our new home, and Josh will be six weeks old on that day, his ‘Gotcha’ day.
We signed all of our sellers’ closing documents this morning and found out the handful of work that needs to be done […]

We got the loan we were hoping for, and we’re starting to get everyone paid for our adoption expenses. Thankfully our tax credit will cover the loan without difficulty as soon as I can get our 2008 return filed next February, so I’m not even that worried about the extra debt. Granted, it’d be much […]

I start back to work today. I’m working this weekend, Friday-Sunday, then taking 2 days off as intermittent FMLA leave each week until our little boy is about a month old. That’s the earliest the sitter would take him, and I can understand why, given the amount of attention a newborn needs.
So Jessie will be […]

Good show. Baby is at uncle’s house.
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Bon Jovi in Sprint Center

Opening for Bon Jovi.
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Daughtry at the Sprint Center

Wow! My ‘Last 10 Seconds’ video of me watching the KU-North Carolina game in Allen Fieldhouse made it to #9 on the highly respected Jayhawk fansite PhogBlog.com run by one of my former college roommates. Check out the rest of the top ten: #2 happens to be another friend’s video of the championship victory in […]

The social worker just called: the birth mother finished signing all her papers to relinquish her parental rights. Now the social worker is coming to the hospital to deliver those papers and to have us sign the placement! God is so good! We’ve got about 6-8 weeks until the adoption is finalized (after the unknown […]

Joshua has a clean diaper, a new sleeper on, and is ready for a nap..but keeps eyeing his old man with suspicion and accusation. I just thought he looked so cute in his hat & mittens, like he was ready to go outside and have a snowball fight! He apparently had different plans.

As we prepare for our first overnight with our new son, I’m struck by the lyrics of some of my favorite songs:
Like a baby when he is sleeping in his loving mother’s arms
What a newborn baby dreams is a mystery
But his life will find a purpose and in time he’ll understand
When the river meets the […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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Joshua Arden Salsbury
7 pounds, 19 inches, and more beautiful than we could have imagined! Lots more pictures here!