Three in Tennessee

I've been spending a lot of time reading from hope to reality, the blog of Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency. It was especially helpful while preparing for my recent sermon on the doctrine of adoption at the Vineyard. I've gotten so much out of it that I figured it was time to give them some link lovin'. Here are five reasons why I really, really like their blog:

• It's an incredible resource on the Theology of Adoption.
• Practical posts from adoptive parents - I especially like the posts regarding transracial adoption.
  
• Great links to other adoption-related sites like EllieDub.com and AdoptiveDads.org.
• The agency site features a photo that could be my little T in a few months. :) Adorable!
• They do not shy away from the gritty humanity of adoption. They live it and give the world a glimpse as divinity shows up.

Thank you Dan, Dorothy and Josh! You've made quite an impact on me in the past few weeks and are helping me be a better daddy to Tatum. Please keep the great posts coming!

Yesterday Tatum had her THIRD visit to the pediatrician in the last week. Yikes! It started with a horrendous ear infection last Friday, a recheck on Saturday and a diagnosis of bronchiolitis yesterday. Apparently, bronchiolitis is similar to RSV...so our little girl got sent home with breathing treatments. It would get a little lengthy if I tried to explain our "schedule" today, but let's just say that with 5 or 6 breathing treatments in the last 24 hours, I have barely been able to squeeze in much of anything except working on work stuff during Tatum's naps. Oh, and posting this blog.

As tedious as all of the doses of medicine are, even the middle of the night ones, I don't feel burdened (at least not yet). I so thoroughly enjoy caring for our little goose. We love her so much and she's been such a trooper through all of this. I had her laughing really hard tonight. That is definitely one of my favorite things.

As yucky as Tatum has felt, she is still very happy and smiley. Seriously, I have never seen a baby smile so much. A baby has never made me smile so much!

In spite of her ear infection and scratchy throat, we managed to get some good smiles out of little T. Merry Christmas everyone!

So, I'm pretty sure this is the best Christmas Eve ever.

Good news... we can officially proceed to Christmas. Our Christmas cactus bloomed. It was touch & go there for a while, but the Miracle Grow on 34th Street kicked in just in time, so we're good to go. Thank you all for your concern.

Merry Christmas!

With an overwhelming 60% of the vote, it appears that Jim and Pam will go their separate ways in the next few days. Someone should inform the writers and the AMPTP to get together and make it happen. I'm not sure how much of a victory I can claim since I accounted for two of the five votes.

The interesting thing about the writer's strike is that the major sticking points are over "new media." Content delivery is changing faster than my cable modem and the world is struggling to keep up. How do you leverage a youtube video with 4 million views to maximize conversions? How do you monetize online content delivered to cell phones? Who gets that money? This strike is not about one side arguing for a bigger piece of the pie, but about how a whole new pie should be sliced. And we can't even tell how big this pie will be.

I have to say the strike has reduced the amount of television Tatum has watched. Obviously because it has affected the amount of television we've watched. We enjoyed the new episodes of Monk and Psych on USA. It's been pretty quiet other than that. I'm not sure how many more reality and game shows I can take!

So what shows do you miss the most? Vote in the new poll today! If your show is not listed, leave a comment here.