[1of2moms]

My fson is starting to read and after we spent time sounding out words yesterday, he started talking to me about how his name was pronounced if you read it as it is spelled. I sat down with him and we looked at all the ways his name could be spelled so that when someone saw it, they would know how to pronounce it. I told him that when we adopt him, he would be able to change the spelling of his name and could pick which spelling he liked the best. D's caseworker told me that the termination of father's rights hopefully won't be too long which is the last step before we could adopt him.

D then asked asked if we could start spelling it the new way now. So we are working on the new spelling. This was totally his choice. I think some of it is coming from him trying to figure out his place in the world right now. He knows he is not going back to his bmother (does not want to) and he have never met his father (none listed on the birth certificate). He has been asking a lot of questions about where babies come from and what makes a family. A few months ago it was enough to explain that he was a gift from God, now he wants more details.

So we are going to start using the new spelling. I will ask his teacher to be understanding as we make this transition. Very exciting for us.