Author: scottishinvasion

Have you ever gotten really into a book or movie?  Sure, we all have.  While I don't have a lot of time for leisure reading these days, I read one just after the Christmas break.  A few minutes here and there for the first couple of chapters, then I just stayed up a little later … Continue reading Where’s the Rest of It?

If you're checking in to find out what time our flight to Phoenix is, or maybe whether or not we are already there, then I am going to disappoint you in today's update.  More than once.I am blogging from my living room, as is customary.  Which on the surface means that we haven't gotten a … Continue reading Absorbing the blow

That little date on the calendar we circled a couple of months ago came sneaking in on us, then passed right by, leaving a circled "April 23" standing there for no apparent reason.  We know that babies tend to come on their own timing, and little Scott has proven that yet again.  So, this brief … Continue reading Can we all get on the same page?

Today will be short and sweet - but I just noticed that it may have been over a week since I updated this . .  OK, make that two weeks. And, here's the (what's the word here.  . frustrating - yes; annoying - yes; unbelievable - yes) thing about it:  we don't really have a … Continue reading Watching the skies. . ?

Preparations for a new baby are no different for us now than they were during the days when I watched Jaclyn beautifully waddle around getting things ready.  She's still cleaning this, moving that, and bringing home an occasional outfit for the baby.  While even she will admit that she doesn't feel a lot of the … Continue reading Perspective

First off, after you finish reading this update, give me a little credit for the title's creativity.  I won't even ask if you have to Google part of it to figure it out.  Just your glowing adoration will be enough.The kids love the National Treasure movies.  Despite a few bad guy run-ins, they enjoy watching … Continue reading Laissez-faire. . . not fair!

When last I left you hanging, it was to request prayer for Tiffany, our future son's birth mom.  We were scheduled to meet with her over a week ago and try to begin to forge a relationship with her, hopefully easing her anxiety about who would be adopting her baby. We got a call just … Continue reading Are we there yet?

A week ago yesterday, we finalized the next step in the process by sending in our matching agreement and corresponding payment to lock in our commitment to this birth mother.  It still is sinking in that we have jumped over that hurdle, now just awaiting the birth itself, along with the other 4 million things … Continue reading Don’t I know you?

More frequent posts as we are in the middle of action.  But, that means that they are likely to be a little shorter.  So, depending on your perspective, I either apologize for that, or say "you're welcome."For those of you that know us and are around my kids at all, you know that they have … Continue reading Neil Armstrong Ain’t Got Nothing On Us

Some of the details of today's update will be a repeat of details included in some of the earliest blogs.  For those of you that are sucker enough to have read them all, just hang in there.Rewind in Scott-land (not to be confused with actual Scotland) almost a year.  Any profession means a conference, seminar, … Continue reading Coming into view?