I can't wait to be matched! ALL the documents are completely done. I am so anxious to have a picture! I have dreamt about her for so long and really wonder what she will look like.

School is great but I've noticed that it is a much more fun now when other people have babies at school (you know what I mean!). When I first came back I couldn't even go to a baby shower. I would just buy a gift. Now I can actually go and have fun! There are so many cute babies from our staff. I love listening to the moms talk and just soaking up all the wisdom and the funny stories.

I am going to try posting some pix of me and the kitties. More later!

Just waiting

I now have every piece of paperwork except for one. I am dying to get this show on the road! I want a baby so much. I have bought a few things to keep my spirits up in anticipation of getting the baby. Oddly enough, they are for me. I bought a chest of drawers and a queen headboard from a wonderful unfinished furniture shop that went out of business so had some great deals. I will buy a queen mattress as soon as the kids move out. I want to have a big bed so the baby can sleep with me at the beginning. I was planning to paint them but the wood is so beautiful I think I'm just going to put a finish coat on it. I also bought a 7 ft bookcase. I will use my other bookcase that is long and very open to put in the baby's room and use baskets for her clothes and stuff. It really does help to be making plans and creating spaces for her.

I plan to get some pix up of the kitties and the condo soon.

The process to adopt is quite lengthy and complex. I have two sets of paperwork to get through, my home study and my dossier. As I said before, the home study is nearing completion and I now have only three more items for the dossier. Feels great to be moving along again!

In other news, I bought my first baby girl outfit yesterday. I have some really pretty things my cousin/best friend Debbie gave me but this was my first actual purchase. It is an adorable sleeveless dress with matching shoes. If its cold when she can wear it I can put a long sleeve shirt underneath. It was so much fun to buy something! It takes little things like this to keep my hopes up as the process can be disheartening. So I bought a little outfit and worked on my blog.

I finally have all the paperwork for my home study done. Now the social worker and the adoption counselor have to review everything and then it goes to Haiti! I am so anxious to be matched to my little girl. I just know she's out there waiting for me to find her.