(Click HERE to read the rest of the Grace-Parenting series.) The outlasting technique is my version of isolation/time-out/time-in tha...

On Day 5, we talked about Mouth Trouble and I introduced the FIRST of two good options for teaching children to use respectful words. (Cli...

  One year ago in China, a heartbroken foster mama and daddy said good-bye to a spunky little sparkly eyed baby. The baby they'd ...

These two little girlies..... are just....... too cute...... for words. :)

(If you're just joining us, scroll down or click HERE to read about the GAME we're playing, see the wonderful comments and question...

(If you're just jumping into this series, please consider starting HERE with Part 1 of Finding Joy in Motherhood.) How can we find JOY...

I received this question from Cindy today: "So, if you adopt a younger one and an older one at the same time and they take comfort in...

First, my apologies to those who check in here at The Bergey Bunch regularly and expect a new post every now and then more often than once ...

Brent took me to P. F. Changs for dinner Friday night, in celebration of my birthday. We took Alyssia along and had some wonderful time with...

I think we've turned the corner, ya'll. After lots of this: and alot of prayer, tears, and plain hard work....... Our sweet, b...

Tonight marks two weeks that Alyssia Xiao Bao has been a part of our family. Overall, she's doing pretty well, considering her entire wo...

Brent started back to work today. As we expected, Alyssia was very sad. He openly said "good-bye" because we didn't want it ...

"I may be the birthday girl, but I'm not going to be happy about it!" ;) "No, I don't want to sit in my highchair...

Brent and Alyssia Xiao Bao are home at last. They landed in Richmond last night at 9 pm. The four oldest children and I met them at the ai...

I have alot to post about. Like about how I potty trained Ethan this week and how Johanna is doing, both the good and the bad..... About swe...

Good afternoon from Guangzhou China. Lyssie and I settled in last night at around 8 p.m. into our hotel. Selina has stated correctly that it...