Secret Pal gift and mural part 2

I decided to only do one coat of white so we taped up the pattern last night. That was a little bit of a chore but we did it. Today I spent 3 plus hours tracing the pattern on the wall. Yes you read that right. It was nuts! I tried to take a picture of the traced pattern on the wall but those didn't come out too well. Just imagine the picture below without the seams and white paper and that is what the wall currently looks like. I still may paint a little today but I am taking a break. My hand hurts!
Yesterday, when I checked the mail I found a package from my Secret Pal. I always love those days each month. When I opened the package inside was the adorable toy you see below. I had so much fun pulling the toy around the living room. That is until the dogs discovered what I was doing and decided that this was their new toy. So I put it away for safe keeping and we will face that battle once baby starts playing with it.

Still not a lot of adoption news to report. A family did get a court date for December 16th. So that was exciting. Hopefully more families will get court dates soon and we will start to see those referrals pouring in.