Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sami Craig Backus for a year now

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Wow - I can't believe that Curt officially became our son 1 year ago today. I remember waiting for the courts and in this really hot ro...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

One year later

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Wow - a year ago today Craig and I met and held Curt (aka Sami) for the very first time. I looked at the pictures that another mom with us ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving

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Today is the first Thanksgiving for our little Curt! I feel like we are just so blessed to have him home for the holidays last year. A yea...
Friday, October 26, 2012

18 month check up

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Wow our little guy is 18 months (and a few days) - but he had his well baby check today with the Dr.  She was very impressed with his develo...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Support the fight against Leukemia

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all leukemia is a nasty disease that took my mom back in 2004  -17 days before her first grandchild was welcomed into this world.  To this d...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Happy New Year - Welcome 2005

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Today is the Ethiopian New Year - 2005.  yes they have a different year  they use a totally different calendar.  I won't put it all here...
Saturday, August 04, 2012

So much going - where to start?

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Wow - where do I start?  Just so much in life going on - and pretty much ALL good!  Curt and Nate and all of us are just bonding like crazy....
Sunday, July 08, 2012

8 years ago

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wow - 8 years ago today I was laying in a hospital bed hooked up to lots of drugs and stuff trying to induce labor - yep this started in the...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Meant to be a Backus

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Just a good weekend - we didn't really do much - but it was nice.  The more we hang together, the more I just KNOW Curt was hand picked ...
Saturday, June 02, 2012

New Birth Certificate

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Well it is official AND Legal!  Curtis Samuel Backus - his new US birth certificate arrived this week!  YEAH!   Now off to try and get the ...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Strange and RUDE comments

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So last night - I heard a comment that I had not expected.  I've had people make comments about Curt's skin color, his hair, he'...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Mother's day for the motherless

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So this year Mother's day is harder than normal.  You may think this very odd that my dream of having a second child just came true 2 mo...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Crazy Busy Life

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I realized now that we're home, back to work - its hard to post anymore.  I think about it often and just never get the chance. Basica...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Daycare and Work life

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Well started back to work this week!  NOT bad.  It has been nice - people are so happy to see me and glad I"m there.  It really is nice...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ethiopia

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