Happy Family Day! This Time with Chocolate
17 February 2010
While the rest of Ontario celebrated Family Day on Monday, our celebration was today, the anniversary of the day Adam joined our family. I love getting to post this picture every year: our first family photo with Adam.
Happy Family Day!
Four years ago, Todd and I were sitting in our room at the SWS Guest House in Seoul, looking at Adam and wondering just when it would hit us that we were real, honest-to-goodness parents. I think it finally sunk in when we realized Adam’s diaper needed to be changed and we were going to have to figure out how to wrestle this squirmy bundle of energy out of his clothes with nobody to help us. Sadly, Dr. Sears did not seem to adequately cover diaper changing in the 700-page tome I’d packed in our carry-on luggage, though the section on burping a baby was very helpful.
Adam requested brownies for his special Family Day Dessert, so I made Scrum-Diddly-Umptious Vegan Brownies, which are quick and easy to make (perfect for weeknight baking).
My little chocolate monster declared them “awesome,” which is his current favourite descriptive word. He’s pretty awesome, too, if I do say so myself. I consider myself so very privileged to experience the joy that is parenting Adam. And the fact that he’s a fellow chocolate lover doesn’t hurt.
Happy Family Day! Would you believe I missed ours this year? In my defense, it’s a few days before Christmas, so you can imagine….Anyway, what a beautiful family you are.