Last night we had the pleasure of getting together with several other families adopting from Haiti for a beach bonfire. It's always so fun to hang out with other adoptive parents. For one, it's nice to just get together and chat with people who know all the dirty details about the Haitian adoption process. We mulled over the changes in IBESER, the Gassant firing, the 1974 law, the mess in Parquet, the timing of MOI, how passports are printed, when to file the I600 . . . Confused?? Exactly why . . .

Do you know about Bookmooch? It's a free website that allows you to list your own used books, and then "mooch" books you want from others. If you send a book, you get a point. You can use that point to get a different book. Simple, and yet genius! The only cost involved is mailing your books. I usually take my brown grocery bags, cut them up, and wrap the book in it, and it's typically $2.33 to send. These were the books I gave away last week:White Teeth: A NovelMagical Thinking: True . . .

I love a good documentary. I feel like I can learn more from a well-made documentary than I ever can from watching hours of American news media. I especially love movies that expose injustice, cultural issues, or a side of humanity that is misunderstood or under-represented. Last night, we watched Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains. I thought this would be a movie that documented the life of Jimmy Carter (which it did, and he is my new hero). But what I really learned about from the film was the . . .

I love when I sit down to check my email and find photos of Keanan from the orphanage. This series had me smiling. Look at the "I'm gonna throw a rock at you" fake-out. I especially love the mischief in his smile on the middle shot. What a cutie! He will fit right in. . . .