beginnings

We have decided to go through state public adoption. There are so many needy babies/children. We had gone to one class the beginning of the summer, but it was more for state foster care not state adoption. We decided the best move would be to wait till the fall when we can get into the classes that are more focused on adoption. We still have a lot of questions. One being, Who can watch the child once he or she is placed into our custody?. These specific classes will be more what we need.

It seems so crazy, that it could all happen so fast! It's not the best for my "in charge" and "planned" personality. But, maybe it is exactly what I need. We should be approved by Thanksgiving, if not a little sooner. I can't even really fathom the posibility of having a child by Christmas! I know I have to plan for it to be a year away, sometimes we have to wait for good things. But, sometimes, just sometimes, I get a little carried away.

Next week we will finish the nursery. We need to finish mudding and sanding the room, and then do another coat of paint. I'm excited to have vacation so we can finish painting the mud room, the nursury, the outside of the house, and maybe the dresser. It will feel awesome to get it all done. Once it is done, I can't wait to start slowly putting things into it. One one hand, it is still getting ahead of myself. However, on the other hand, we need to be ready by the time we are approved.

I know this post is a bit "all over the place". However, I feel it is ok because I'm still trying to get it up to speed. :-)