the crazies

we are a psycho-babbling, over-processed-but-can-laugh-at-ourselves, just married, urban lesbian couple living in boston. we are working on many things at any given time and expanding our family is one of them. 

after ttc for one month and one month only, s became pregnant on our first try. sadly, that pregnancy ended in an ectopic as well as a miscarriage – believed to be twins. after months of healing from methotrexate injections and heartache, we decided that our next step would be foster/adopt since that was something we both wanted to do at some point.  (you can read the details of that journey in the timeline). 

after only 4 months of the foster/adopt process, we were matched with 2 toddler siblings. ages 2, and uh, 2. yep. 10 months apart. we fell in love with them upon first sight. we also knew that these two would be “double trouble” as we call them and that life as we knew it would never, ever be the same. our kids are amazing and talented. smart and beautiful. they are both hilarious. they are also hyper, loud, testing us every minute of every day, hurt, and healing little beings. some days are better than others though it’s always getting better. 

s is trained as an opera singer and expressive art therapist. she currently works as a clinical coordinator at an intensive foster care agency. 

l is a literacy specialist and pre-school teacher. she keeps a low profile because she doesn’t like former students/parents googling her and learning all about her wife’s cervical mucus. 

we have two adorable pups: a three pound chihuahua (gracie) and a chi-poodle mix (nola) who is still very much a puppy at 11 months old. nola was recently diagnosed with diabetes and we are very concerned about her health. all six of us live in a tiny apartment in a urban neighborhood in boston. we are into farmer’s markets, playgrounds, double strollering, rigid nap/bedtime routines, trader joes, weekend getaways, losing our “baby weight” and advocating for our bi-racial kids (this means we reject hair touching/questions like, “what country are they from????”/exoticizing/stereotyping and the like…) 

s started this blog to connect to other ttconceivers. it’s pretty much morphed into a photo album for grandparents and friends….. i mean, really, there just isn’t enough time in the day anymore to try to be coherent.