Back & Expecting

Jenny and I are back in California for the summer! It’s been a good few days so far (we arrived on June 30). It’s been different this year from last year. Last year, adjusting to the differences here from Prague threw me off and overwhelmed me. This time, they strike me more as curious, but expected. For example, I was at the grocery store this morning and found myself marveling at the variety of each kind of food: 500,000 kinds of cereal, 67,000 kinds of tea, and stuff like that :-) Last year, I got overwhelmed by that kind of choice in the store (not to mention people speaking in English), but this year, it was merely curious and a bit novel.

THE BIG NEWS: Jenny and I are expecting a new addition to our family! (although not quite the way you may be thinking) We have started the process to adopt a child in the Czech Republic. Rather than repeat myself with all the details, I’ll point you to a couple pages on our website with lots of info about our decision, the process, and the beginnings of our online adoption diary. Suffice it to say here that we are very excited.

To read more about our decision to adopt:
Our Baby Journey
Adoption Journal

My last update was huge, so I’ll spare you and keep this one short. Mainly I wanted to let you know about the family expansion and. . . I hope to be in touch with as many of you as possible over the summer. I want to here what’s been going on in your life, tell you what I’ve been up to, and of course about the adoption process. We’re located in southern California, so those of you here, I hope to see in person. For those of you in Ohio or other states, we are still closer in terms of phone (long distance instead of international) and time difference (3 hours at most instead of 6-9).