I want to teach my child to...

Another one of the many questions we have been asked during our adoption journey is “What do you want to teach your child?”.

My first thought was hmmmm, I’ve never really thought about that…. Which was my initial thought to many of the questions we were asked. What would you say? Would your pre-baby answer be different from your post-baby answer?

I think we feel like most prospective parents, and we mostly want our children to be happy and successful. What do I want to teach my child? What do I want my child to know because I am their mom? Wait… I am over thinking this as usual! What did I enjoy as a child? I know. I want to teach my child to swim, ride bikes, do cartwheels, and chase lightening bugs!

Adam thought about his answer and said he wants to teach his child to be a good Christian person that is respectful, and how to smile and get whatever they want. I thought, really? That’s what you want to say? Teach our child how to smile and get whatever they want? The more I thought about it, the more I realized how perfect that is for my husband to say. My husband is one of the nicest, most sincere people I know. He is very good at smiling and getting whatever he wants! Not just because of his adorable smile, but because of his caring heart and positive attitude.

The first book we bought for our baby and my best friend's teddy bear she painted for me in high school!

My baby blanket! It's been well loved.

My books from when I was a child!

I painted this in high school and I have been waiting to have a baby room to put it in ever since!

Adam's childhood teddybear from his great grandmother! It makes a jingling noise when you move it.