Why Blog? Also a Great Big Give Away

So why blog? Anna is home. Life is good on all a counts. Why did I start blogging? Both are good questions that I think I can answer. In the beginning I started this blog so that I could talk my fool head off about my pending adoption with strangers. Sounds crazy right. Not really though and here is the reason why. I still wanted friends after my adoption was completed. Let's be honest I have a one track mind and can be annoying.

I can wear a person out after all. I did not want my friends to say "Don't get her started about the adoption...PLEASE!" Now you all know to some degree I am just joking but to a bigger degree I am not. When you are just starting the process there is a lot of unknown stuff that can be quite scary. At times I remember thinking this may not happen. I also believe in the power of positive thinking. I think it is easier to stay positive when you have so many people praying for you and staying positive. I have never really felt it to be helpful when I am bombarded with negative questions.

Here is what I did not expect! New friends that I gained through blogging. I remember the first blog I read. Iliya was home only a couple of days. Looking at his pictures and hearing Melissa and Nathan's story was a turning point for Gerard and I. At first Gerard was pretty set against adopting and living a life without children. Shocking to say that now knowing the way he is with her and how being away from her for any period of time is difficult for him. Yes I get about 40 calls a day just to see what we are doing.

Iliya is now 4 years old and the time has come for Melissa and Nathan to adopt again. Adoption however is not for the faint of heart and is quite expensive. Look for the positive in everything I do often say. So here is a solution A Great Big Give away! Everyone is a winner in my opinion with this option. First of all I am a sucker for raffles...LOVE them in fact. Helping to raise funds could bring them one step closer to bring home their child. To be honest I just love to see her photographs and dream about having her do family portraits for us so just reading along is a positive thing for me.

So this is what I am thinking. Melissa is going to have at least one more raffle. I want to donate to the cause. You all know how I feel about handmade things and that every child should have at least one thing that is handmade. Put that together with the obvious baby theme all this equals baby bonnets. Yup Melissa has agree to let me give her some bonnets for her raffle. What is a bonnet without bloomers so that is what I am going to make.

Today is a Sloan-Kettering day so I think if the wait is long I may run over to the fashion district to look for a special lace or other trim for the set. No two bonnets come out the same but here is a picture of ones I have done in the past. I really like the pale pink lining so I think that will be a must.

Also drop by and put in 5 dollars you could win an Apple iPad or my dream photography session. The anticipation is killing me.