Little Bed

Found a toddler bed on Craig's list and picked it up tonight. Its so tiny - looks like a doll bed on steroids. But it feels less strange than when the crib came along. That must be a good sign!

Asheville GetAway

Pat and I are doing our bi-annual Asheville thing. Funny to think that next time we come, we'll have a little person and our regular to-dos will change a bit. I am actually looking so forward to that. But for now, its fun for the two of us!

We did find out that we will be adopting from Karaganda and are very excited about that! We've heard so many good things, its a larger city so more to do in all that time we are not with the baby - all the feedback has been terrific. Now, we just wait for the invite. I hope its soon. My patience is wearing thin. Pat is handling differently but he too is a bit stressed.

Thinking of names and looking at a Toddler Bed off Craig's list on Sunday. I am anxious to know more about our little one so that I can really sort the room out, get out stuff in order, etc.

People @ World Partners / International Adoption Guides adoption have been amazing. And the "alumni" family have been such a support. I really did not think the waiting would be so hard and that I would be asking for so much advice, but I know now that I will continue to do so.

Still Waiting

Okay. Today was hard. Feeling anxious and unsettled. Hard to do anything - study, read, etc. I officially have no finger nails and have eaten everything I can find in our house. As someone who rarely has a drink, I had 3 whiskey drink concoctions at Judy Murray's house warming last night. Geesh. Not the way to go. Upstairs to meditate and do something positive for myself.

I hope we get our invitation soon! The family ahead of us at World Parnters/International Adoption Guides left November 12th for Astana. They got the call and left 2 weeks later. I hope ours comes soon!

On a positive note - our immigration paperwork is updated and good through 2011. Seem like everytime we got it back as of late, it had a mistake. Wrong dates, wrong country, etc. We have a few gaps in our dossier but nothing that will not be taken care of in a timely fashion. And importantly, we have really warm coats for our trips. Went ahead and made the investment as it will be in the negatives there - nothing like good old NC winter.