Spain Dad, a baby blog

I’m not exactly clear on Alleke’s rules for the game, but we had fun anyway… Watch Hide and Seek on Vimeo.

A tribute to the Cobb tongue. Yes folks, the tongue sticking out while concentrating is very evident in Harper. We did not teach him this item. I will look up whether it is genetic. Now we need a picture of my Mom, myself, and Harper all with our ton…

Calendar by tillwe.Thursday: 1st Interview with social workerI’m a sensitive guy, and I left the interview wondering why everyone was being so mean to us. I just wanted one person to acknowledge that doing an adoption in Spain was a lot of hard work for us, and obviously we wanted an adopted child enough to [...]

This afternoon I asked Alleke if she wanted to go down to the park to play. She was sitting on the couch looking at a comic book. “Sorry daddy,” she said, “Alleke’s working.”

The social worker greeted us with two kisses at the front door and showed us to her office. We sat down, folded our coats on our laps and watched as she shuffled through our paperwork before placing three pages on the desk in front of her. She studied the pages for a moment, then leaned [...]

Who knows potty training better than a toddler herself? Learn from the expert! Watch Alleke’s 7-step potty training video, and you too can learn to go potty all by yourself! A truly memorable experience awaits you… Watch Alleke’s Potty Training Video on Vimeo.

“I’m finished,” I said, collapsing on the bed next to April, who was propped up against the wall with a pillow typing on her computer. I took one more look at the adoption questionnaire in my hand, cocking my head to read what I had scribbled up and down the margins on the first page, [...]

When I came home from work on Friday, April and Alleke were playing Memory in the middle of the living room floor. April turned over two cards, and Alleke quickly scrambled to her feet, pointed and shouted, “Same.” “What is this?” April asked, tapping her finger on the card. I walked over and took a [...]

The social worker placed a laminated card on each of our desks. She explained that on the card were photos of thirty children for adoption, each with a number. Our task was to identify the child we most wanted to adopt and the child we would find most difficult to adopt and then to write [...]