|
....from the day ethan was born, we have talked about being adopted. It is fun adopting eli b/c ethan is watching us go through the process and it gives us lots of good opportunities to talk about ethan's adoption too. My favorite way to talk about adoption is to read Jamie Lee Curtis' book Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. I like to tell the story and talk about the night we met ethan. I agree not to dwell on it, but it also needs to never be a secret....one of my favorite times that I brought up his adoption was a couple of months back. We were driving and saw a sign that said his birth city on it, and I said to ethan, "oh hey ethan, that's the city you were born in. That's where mommy and daddy came and met you for the first time." And he said, "I'm not from there, I'm just a cow." Ok.......another time I was telling him a story and was about to say, "and then a judge said we get to be a family forever...." and I got out, "and then the judge...." and ethan said, "judge judy?" ok......so he doesn't always get the point of what I am talking about, but I just don't ever want to forget to talk about it and then have him be like, "what the heck, I'm ADOPTED???" Luckily....all of his bio-siblings and siblings in our home are all adopted....so being adopted is just a normal part of life in our house. And that's what I want ethan to feel like, like being adopted is just normal and it is a part of who he is.
|