Almaty Travel Adoption Kazakhstan preparation weight loss Archives - Stephanie Karp https://stephaniekarpwrites.com/category/almaty-travel-adoption-kazakhstan-preparation-weight-loss/ Adoption changed my life. I write about this and so much more. Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:02:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/stephaniekarpwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-IMG_9715.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Almaty Travel Adoption Kazakhstan preparation weight loss Archives - Stephanie Karp https://stephaniekarpwrites.com/category/almaty-travel-adoption-kazakhstan-preparation-weight-loss/ 32 32 185097300 Boxers or briefs? Or boxer briefs? https://stephaniekarpwrites.com/2010/02/boxers-or-briefs-or-boxer-briefs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boxers-or-briefs-or-boxer-briefs https://stephaniekarpwrites.com/2010/02/boxers-or-briefs-or-boxer-briefs/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:55:00 +0000 http://box2369.temp.domains/~tephaoz1/?p=197 I bought boys’ little undies today and onesies and sippy cups. Polo shirts and jeans and socks and hoodies. I didn’t go overboard as Spring and a warm weather wardrobe will follow shortly after we come home. And I need to figure out if he really is a 2T. Multiple pairs of shoes were purchased...

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I bought boys’ little undies today and onesies and sippy cups. Polo shirts and jeans and socks and hoodies. I didn’t go overboard as Spring and a warm weather wardrobe will follow shortly after we come home. And I need to figure out if he really is a 2T. Multiple pairs of shoes were purchased because I was supposed to have measured his feet during my past trip but now have no idea of his size. I was hoping to avoid his shoe situation from the Baby House — shoes that couldn’t close properly on some days and on others, shoes in which his feet swam. But it will be figured out.

I am happy, excited and in disbelief. All of our paperwork on our end is properly dated. Nothing threatens to cause us any delays once we are there. I am sending away for my Visas for March 1 — April 1.

How did I get to this time? It is an unbelievable feeling of anticipation. I still have much to do — primarily painting Eden’s pink room in preparation for a boy and ordering the toddler bed. Baby gate installation, something I never ever had to do for my girls, is next.

I feel like someone who has climbed Mount Everest or jumped out of an airplane. After something of that magnitude, you think surely you can accomplish anything. Of course this is just the beginning and other challenges and triumphs will ensue. But to get to this place knowing all my obstacles … a miracle in and of itself. And I refer not even to lost paperwork and rejected fingerprints. I’m talking about the emotional stuff that came before — the struggle to make the decision, stand up in the face of adversity and swing my husband over to this side. You couldn’t ask for a more proud father to be. It’s amazing.

I used to think I didn’t want to be a billboard for adoption. But you know what? I want to be a billboard for adoption. If our story, a regular nice every day family who knew absolutely nothing about adoption at the start of this, could come out with a remarkable family and experience, then I hope with all my heart that in some way one day we will inspire others — even Emma, Eden and Major themselves — to open their hearts to a child who needs love, a family. One of the most important things in my life.

I also decided I feel ready to lose the darn extra pounds that distress me. I deserve to be the best me, the best mom and wife. Full of energy and vitality. So that my outer light will and can shine as bright as my inner light.

Determination? Check.
Dedication? Check.
Commitment? Check.
Passion? Check.

Carpe Diem!

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