I always thought that it was a biological urge but, it turns out it isn't. Nesting has started in my home. I have come to the conclusion that all nesting is, is a great way to pass the time while anxiously waiting our baby (whether pregnant or not). My mum popped by for a tea (ancient family tradition) and while we were chatting we decided to go through some of the clothes our friends and family have given us in preparation for the baby. First of all, holy shit - thank you to everyone who has given us clothes. There are so many amazing little outfits, each one envoking a different "awwww", "ohhhh" from my mum and I. We will never need another piece of clothing, well at least for the first 12 years…..
The clothes sorting adventure sparked something in me and now, I am obsessed. I thought that we would wait until we received a referral to begin her bedroom but now we won't have to wait three months to go and get her after we receive the referral. Instead, we will receive her profile and travel about 1 or 2 months later. This gives us little time to plan for travel and prep our home for our baby. SOOOOOOOOOOO, decorate it is. I have a wonderful cousin who is really very talented with decorating and she is going to help us with her room but we need to do a lot before hand. The room is currently our spare room with a double bed, side table and loads of anything baby. That all needs to be removed, the tacky paper boarder removed from the walls, the small holes patched and the walls primed. Then Melissa will come down and here is her idea (copyright 2008!). First of all, every little girl needs a chandelier. So the ceiling will be a cucumber green with a significant chandelierr in the centre of the room. I have white eylet bed linen and will make white linen curtains with the same green border around the edges. The curtains will hang onto the floor. The walls are a natural colour grass wallpaper with some sort of cute mural on one wall. CUTE EH?
The other night I was at home going out of my mind with anticipation when Darryl suggested we go baby shopping. However, since we have no money at the moment, we decided to register which was just as fun. Don't ask me where from - I won't tell you but it is nice to have the list in our pockets (to replace the money :)
On the adoption front, we don't have much news. We are still anxiously waiting a child proposal and once that comes we will travel soon after. Each day I awake to a new hope - one that carries me through the day. I think, it must be today and then when it isn't, I cry myself to sleep and the cycle begins again. I am certainly not anywhere close to getting a proposal as I have others "in front" waiting for their babies but something in me drives me to tell myself that maybe it will happen - by miracle or mistake - we will take either at this point.
Last night Darryl and I sat down and signed all of the paperwork that the agency sent to us to complete the immigration paper work. We have pictures to document the occasion but I am a bit of a moron sometimes and can't figure out how to get them onto the blog.
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