March 30, 2007
Hello my interpeeps! (By the way, I stole that word from Boomama. I will give credit where credit is due now, but I will continue to use that word in the future and pretend it is mine)
Where to start.
Numero Uno: We talked with our Birthmom. It was a real live phone conversation with our Birthmom. It lasted 30 minutes and it couldn’t have been more comfortable, calm and peaceful. It was beyond our highest expectations for a first phone call with a woman who plans to give us her child. I won’t go into a lot of detail because it is personal and sacred to us except to say that we got to document a bunch of little delicacies for Miles. His Mom craved hot dogs and peanut butter when she was pregnant with him. She laughs so easily. She is feisty and sweet at the same time. Without ever meeting us or knowing us, she opened her heart and trusted us when she was vulnerable and scared.
And the name. We all decided on a middle name for Miles. Miles Orion, after the middle name of our Birthmom’s deceased little brother. Miles Orion. We just couldn’t be more happy with that. It flows, it’s original, and it came from his first mom with significant history attached. We love it.
Numero Dos: We had the Fugees over again yesterday and thanks to my friend Erica, We made significant headway on speaking English. OVER! UNDER! RIGHT! LEFT! HIM! HER! BIG! LITTLE! Our neighbors probably have their doubts over the new family that moved in and chants THAT IS A GARBAGE! THIS IS A TABLE! really really loudly.
Mike had a good laugh because the 6 year old fugee boy was trying to ask for a piece of gum and Mike really kindly showed him to the bathroom. The kid was all “Ummm no sir. I don’t need to pee”
Also, one last story, we were all eating Mike’s smashingly successful dinner of roasted chicken, wheat rolls, corn and apples when we were trying to get the two brand new American boys to speak a little English. Mike asked the older boy how old he was and he replied that he was thirteen. Then Mike jokingly asked the six year old if he was seventeen. The whole table made this face like seventeen? No, he is not seventeen and then they said “no, six”. Mike was all “We’ll work on Sarcasm next week.”
Numero Tres: After many profane and loathsome emails and comments from my internet vote on the kitchen color, we decided to repaint. Big thanks to Rae at Rachel’s Blatherings for her suggestion of a rusted reddish/orange color. We went with it and here are the results:
Before:
After:
We really love the color and we never plan to repaint it ever again, so please only say nice things. Thank you.
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March 30th, 2007 at 4:52 pm, Em Says:
Congrats on speaking with PBM!! Its such an exciting time, thinking about a new baby and making that relationship with his mama.
And I like the orange.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:09 pm, BethGo Says:
I like it.
Congrats.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:18 pm, Rae Says:
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! I’m loving the significance of Miles’ middle name; I’m loving your progress with the Fugees (we’re thinking of getting our own!); and I’m LOVING the new paint! It’s better than even I pictured it! Awesome! Great to be you guys!
Rae
March 30th, 2007 at 9:11 pm, erin Says:
First, love the color — what is it called? raspberry parfait? Lobster bisque? Tuscany moonlight? I want to paint our kitchen cabinets a color like your kitchen walls. They are a sad and scary dark brown 70’s wood grain. Sad.
So happy you had a good conversation with Mile’s birthmom. She sounds wonderful, and the name is super-good. I know a little girl with that name, incidentally, and she carries it well.
e
March 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pm, dcrmom Says:
Love the paint!
March 31st, 2007 at 11:38 am, Laura Says:
Love the new color. Much better.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:09 pm, IzzyMom Says:
First of all, I love your new kitchen paint. I’m very partial to that color and have it sprinkled liberally around my house.
Second, congrats on such a wonderful conversation with your Birthmom. As an adoptee, I wish adoptions had been done like that in 1967, without so much secrecy and stigma.
And finally, Miles Orion is a stellar name (no pun intended). Truly, it’s fantastic
March 31st, 2007 at 4:22 pm, Mom2One Says:
What a great post! Love the talk with Miles’ mother, his middle name, and I adore the new color of your kitchen!
Fun news all around!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:22 am, Ungrateful Little Bastard Says:
The middle name made me cry, but in a good way. I’ve always been partial to honoring family members with names. You can’t say your own name without thinking of them.
The new color is amazing. I love that color.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:53 am, bubandpie Says:
Wow, those before and after pics are amazing. Great colour.