Nursery pics :)

So I took some pictures of the nursery. It is is pretty much ready to go. We still have to unpack the single stroller and the pack n play but other than that we are mostly ready. This is a picture of the crib bedding.

These are some wall hangings that we still need to hang up but that doesn't take too long.

This is the bench that I just painted and then we put the pillows that match the crib bedding on it to make it look a little more cozy.

And this again is the mural. The only difference is that I painted a border around it in the same green I used to paint the bench which happens to be the same shade as the green in the crib bedding :)

Now that this project is just about done I have to find other things to do to pass the time. I do need to finish cleaning out the closet in the nursery but that isn't much. I guess it will be back to nesting projects that have yet to be finished. I pretty much dropped everything after we got our referral so the office is half clean and half disaster since that was the room I was cleaning when the phone rang. Well our court date is 2 months from tomorrow, not that I am counting. We are keeping our fingers and toes crossed that all goes well and we will be on that plane very soon.

I am painting a bench for my daughter...

I said that exact thing today in Home Depot to the nice lady who was mixing my paint. It felt really good to say that out loud. I am painting a bench for my daughter. I know it is a basic sentence but that one sentence warmed my heart today. It actually brought tears to my eyes. That really doesn't take much these days :)

So yes I am painting a bench for Peanut. We received this bench from Peanut's great grandmother. It in it's current state it does not match anything in her room so I am repainting it. It will be a celery green and white.

I also just finished putting a green border around the mural in Peanut's room. I was literally kept awake one night realizing that I needed to find a way to tie everything together in Peanut's room. Her bedding has pink, purple, blue, yellow and green in it with dragonflies, ladybugs and butterflies. Her mural is large animals on Noah's Ark and her room furniture is white. And the wall color is yellow. Well we had the watercolor for her room framed in green so that made me think.

I took the green from her bedding and picked out the green paint for the border on the mural and the green paint for the bench. Okay one step in the right direction. Then I realized that since I got this bedding on discount as it was the floor sample I have every accessory known to exist. We have pillows, curtain valance, mobile, and 5 wall hangings. The curtain valance may not be used but the rest of it will be. The pillows will go on the bench when it is done and we will hang the wall hangings around the room. Ta da. The room will make sense :)

I know silly reason to be up at night but I want her room to be perfect. Okay well not perfect but everything in it was painted or placed with love. I will post pictures when I am done. The goal is to have her room done to share with my neighbors near the end of February when the come over for book club.

Ok back to painting a bench for my daughter.

Watercolor inspiration and more paperwork

I just picked this watercolor up from being framed. We purchased this watercolor at least 8 and maybe 9 years ago at an Art and Wine show in California. Long before having a family was really in our hearts. I just loved it. It was the inspiration for the mural on the wall in the nursery. I can't wait to hang it on the wall and check that off on the list on things to do to get peanut's room ready.


We sent in our paper work to officially accept our referral today. We had accepted via email last Wednesday but had to sign some things and turn those in. I was so excited to open my email today and find 3 emails from my specialist. We have to sign some more paperwork and get that notarized and turned in hopefully next week. Then we got some travel instructions, and examples of how to fill out some paperwork that we will need to take to the US Embassy in Addis Ababa.

I also found out that our state requires that we get an adoption bond and we have to send that to the Department of Family Services once we get it. It took a little doing with our insurance agent but they figured it out and our sending us the application.

So other then learning about all the new paperwork, today I am washing the new things we bought for peanut and then in a couple days after they have our scent, I will send those off to her. Peanut, we hope you like what we send you. We wish we could send ourselves to hug you and love on you in person but our pictures will have to do. We think of you every minute of every day. We fall more in love with you each moment. May these next months pass quickly and we can be united as a family.

Getting ready

So as promised here are some picture of things we bought for peanut. The picture below is what we are planning on sending to peanut. There is a blanket, 2 onesies, and two pairs of pants. We will also include some family pictures. All of this fits in the gallon sized bag we can send to peanut.

This outfit was just too cute to resist. So I bought it :) I can't wait for her to wear it.

And this may seem silly but I couldn't help myself. I bought peanut a toothbrush. We were in Target picking up the above items and a few things for us and we were grabbing some mouth wash and I turned around and saw this and just thought it was too cute :)

This weekend we took down the second crib in the nursery, picked out which set of crib bedding we will use and started to clean up the room and get it ready. I am excited to get peanut's room ready. I look in there and think about her often. I picture her sitting in the crib or playing on the floor. Now that I have her picture, I can't help but miss her.

I am still dealing with all the emotions that have flooded me in the last week but faith and some kind words from some dear friends are helping. I have even heard more than once that I am glowing that "new Mom" glow. I guess the permanent smile on my face kind of gives it away. I also have noticed that like most Mom's, I worry. I worry about peanut. I wonder about what she is doing. Is she eating enough? Getting enough love? Is she healthy? Is she comfortable?

Peanut, know that I pray for you everyday. I pray that you are healthy, comfortable and content. I pray for the nannies and doctors that are taking care of you until I can come get you. I pray for your birth family. I pray that the next few months go by quickly. I pray that I can hold you in my arms soon and tell you just how much I love you.