Seeing the results over time

A friend of mine just came home last week with their handsome baby boy. He and his wife are going through the same agency as we are. Having them ahead of us in the process has been so good for me. I have relied on their knowledge to help make this journey the best it can be. If it wasn't for them introducing us to the agency who knows where we would be. Seeing the love, patience, stress, emotion, pain and joy that they have faced is overwhelming. Seeing the pictures and hearing the story of their trip is beautiful. I know that their son will be loved and blessed with the parents and family he has been given.

I know that Good things happen to those that wait.

So we will continue to patiently wait.

Knowing that the outcome will be great.

Not getting my Hopes up...

Yesterday Caleb and I had the same idea. I had already sent an email by the time I got Caleb's text. We both thought it would be good to check in with our agency. I was a little nervous to send my email. Why would I be nervous? People ask us all the time if we have any new news. We don't have any new news. I was thinking about this Monday night. I don't call or email the agency for mental reasons. If I don't know time frames I will not get my hopes up. Couples who go through adoptions are so emotionally involved from the very start. I don't need to add to it. I talked to the agency today on the phone and they did not have any updates on when we may have a referral. At this point we are still in the waiting stage. I hope we get a surprise call or email when the time is right. Not knowing helps keep my emotions and sanity in check. For now at least. Which is great for us.

We are going to start working on his room again. I have kind of put it on hold for a while. We have been busy with so many other things. I have also been trying to figure out how I want to finish the room. I have so many cute ideas, I just can't decide which ones to move forward with.

What's in a Name?

One of the most frequent questions Caleb and I get asked is "Do we have a name picked out?" Should we already know what we want to name our child? The only thing we have talked about is possibly keeping the given birth name as the first or middle name of our child. Being that we do not know what that is at this point we really do not even think about names. Most biological parents have a few names in mind or have had a name that they have always wanted to name his or her child. Once they see their baby they know if the name they have been thinking of fits. We don't know what our child will look like or have any clue what to name our child. For now, no name = no problem for us.

We get asked random questions quite often. Some of them catch me pretty off guard. I do not mind answering anything about our adoption process. Similar to the name question there are a lot of things that we really have not thought about. Why? Some questions depend on how old our child will be by the time we get him in our arms. Once we actually know details of who he is we will be able to really start answering some of these questions.

Our newest purchase

Caleb's sister sent him a text, she said she had her daughter's old car seat that we can have if we want it. She mentioned that Babies R Us was doing a trade in promo. If you take in an old stroller, car seat, anything really they will give you a voucher for 25% off a single item. The item had to be a stroller, car seat, crib, high chair or a pack-n-play. Since really the only things we can buy at this point are big items this was going to be great. We went and picked up the old car seat last Sunday evening. Since we had Monday off we ran to Babies R Us. We traded in the old and walked away with something new. This is what we got.....

Pictures

I have taken a few pics to finally post of the room. It is far from finished but here is an update.

I did not want to do a traditional themed room.
We like the idea of adding old motorcycles here and there.

This is the chair we got for Christmas.

We also received the crib mattress for Christmas,
so now all of the bedding is put together.
I love that it is a babies room with an old school vibe.

I bought this sign. It is the first thing you see when
you walk into the room.

A close up of the Christmas chair.
This is my new favorite spot to read or sit and let my
mind DREAM about the future.

It's been a while

Caleb and I had a great holiday season. We spent good amounts of time with both our families. We were given a few items for our child's room. We were given a crib mattress, a changing pad and cover and the rocking recliner we wanted. I have taken a couple of pictures and will post them soon. I have also been working on the decor of the room. It is coming along pretty good. I will have to take some pictures of it as well and get them posted on here. Since the room is coming together I think I have a new favorite place in our home.

On Friday night Caleb had to work a little later than normal. I turned on the TV and the Hope for Haiti marathon was on. ( I have always joked with my mom because she cries/tears up over TV shows.) I am glad I watched this marathon in the comforts of my own home and by myself because I cried buckets. I had to change it to a different channel every now and then to give myself a break. I also Tivo'd it so I could go back and watch the parts I missed from changing it.

That's it for now I guess. Pictures to come shortly.

Pictures of the furniture

Caleb and I were able to get the furniture in one load. This made me very happy. We got home yesterday and put it together before Caleb had to head to bed. We both love it. I would have to say it is better than I thought, since we never saw it in person and ordered it through a book. Here are a couple of pictures.