When people are going through times of change in their lives, or times of stress or times of excitement, (or a combination of all three) it is common for them to have very vivid dreams. Pregnant women and people who are about to get married often find themselves having all sorts of dreams interrupting their slumber.

I have never been a big dreamer. I don't know if it is because I am too tired, too deep of a sleeper or what, but I have never even been able to remember any of my dreams, with the exception of two recurring nightmares I had as a child (one involving Woody Woodpecker and one involving a gorilla... I have no idea what that means!)

However during some of our adoptions, I have found myself having vivid dreams. With Maggie, our first adoption, I had a lot of nightmares. I didn't usually remember them, but I woke up in the morning or the middle of the night upset. I was really stressed throughout the adoption process, and I am sure that is why I was having bad dreams.

I dreamed about Belane a lot during her adoption process, however they were always "weird" dreams. They weren't scary or bad, they were just the kind of dreams where nothing makes sense. The kind of dreams you wake up saying, "Why was the neighbor's cat talking?" or "Why was my third grade teacher in the refrigerator?", and Belane just happened to be in these weird dreams.

But for the past few weeks I have been having very vivid dreams about Solomon. They are different dreams for me because for one, I am remembering them, and for two, they are very realistic. I wake up in the morning and at first I don't even realize that I am remembering a dream, because it all seems so real it feels like it really happened.

And they are nothing overly exciting. In one dream I was carrying him around my kitchen, and pointing out things and telling him the names of things. He was laughing at his pictures hanging on our fridge. The other kids were running in and out of the room. It was just a regular old "mom" moment. That is how they all have been.

However when I wake up, I really feel like I was just with Solomon. I can feel him in my arms, I can see his sweet face, I can hear his voice and his laugh, and I have a warm fuzzy feeling when I think about him. In one of my dreams he was just sleeping with his head on my chest and he was sucking on one of his fingers while I rubbed his head and back. When I woke up, it took me a minute to realize he wasn't really there. It makes me wonder if he really sucks on a finger or two while he sleeps.

I love these dreams.

And I know that it sounds really silly, but a tiny part of me hopes that he is dreaming about a lady he doesn't know yet, who carries him everywhere, rubs his soft head and kisses him way too often.

Do you have adoption dreams?? Leave a comment and tell me about it. :)