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Welcome to Villa Kulla!

A bemused tale of how one Dane, 2 Ethiopians, a Detroiter and an American/Dane found Pippi Longstocking's house in the Baltimore area and moved right in. Technically Pippi's house is in Sweden, but moving there would have been a commuter nightmare- so we found the closest thing to Villa Villekulla in our neck of the woods.

Our house is an old, money pit and John and I are learning to be crafty- very, very crafty. This blog is my little place to journal  and post photographs of our children, Kaia (8), Josie (6) and Noah (4) as they grow, and to share my decor obsession by posting visual and tasty things I find on the internet and elsewhere.

Thanks so much for stopping  by!

Charlotte


Category Archives: Adoption

Digging Deeper

In continuation of Blog Action Day, I am posting this story that was written by another adoptive mom. I got to know her very well while we both were waiting for our girls in Ethiopia. I consider her a great friend and am thrilled that she is willing to share her experience. She prefers to...

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Giving Back

Today is Blog Action Day, bloggers can write about social justice issues. This year the subject is poverty. Something I have not personally experienced, but have witnessed just as anyone who has ever been to a 3rd world country.
Although poverty is a reality around the world, I am writing about Ethiopia. I have chosen...

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Whew….that was close…

Our home study social worker was here today for our second post-placement visit and it was a big day for us- because we had to remedy the disaster she witnessed here during the first visit, 2 months ago. I did not blog about it at the time, partly because it was terribly embarrassing and partly...

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2 months. One year. a world of difference.

So today we have been home with R for 2 months. R has been a part of our family for exactly 81 days and nights counting our time in Addis Ababa- and today also is the one year mark for when we turned in our application to our adoption agency. I remember that day...

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One week left!

So we went out to dinner with our family last night to celebrate K and my mom’s birthdays this month, it will probably be the last night out on the town in a long time. If K and I look a little stunned, it is probably because we are thinking about all of...

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Since R’s case was heard and approved in High Court in Addis Ababa yesterday, we are now permitted to post photo’s of her.So here is little Miss R.

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