Nursery

Argh. Technology. I just had a very long post typed up and was adding the pictures when my computer burped and I lost the whole thing. So here goes again. Here are the pictures. I will repost the weeks events tomorrow when my brain is functioning again.

OK. Here goes again trying to recreate what I typed last night.
This week was a really good week.

Monday my lawyer picked up our pre-approval from the Embassy.

Tuesday I received a DVD of the agency director's August visit to Guatemala. I have about 5-7 minutes of video of Evvy sleeping like a little angel. All of the foster mothers bring the children to the hotel where the director is staying so it is utter chaos in the room with lots of baby's and kids. Then they put the children on a chair to video tape them and take pictures of them to send to us waiting parents. It was really noisy and I can't believe that Evvy slept right through it all. She did half open her eyes a little bit. It was really sweet watching her sleep and having baby dreams. She gave a couple of really big smiles. One of my favorite parts is when she tried to open her eyes but instead she just rolled them so all I saw was the white's. Two months old and already rolling her eyes at her mother. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

Wednesday I went to Peggy's for dinner and was given a great surprise. Miss Erica has graduated to a big girl bed and gave her crib to baby Evvy. I brought it home in the car and put all the pieces in the nursery to wait to be setup.

Thursday I scurried around trying to get a care package put together for Evvy. The director of the agency is going back down to Guatemala Sept 24 so I should get new pictures soon and hopefully a new DVD also. I wanted to send a little photo album of our family and friends so that the Foster Mom (Julietta) can talk to her about her family. I sent that as well as a photo album for Julietta with all of the pictures I have of Evvy so that she can have an album also. I also sent Evvy her first baby doll. It is really soft and has a rattle inside it. Then I sent a few little outfits also.

Friday I dropped the package off at the agency and talked to my social worker for a while. She is a really nice, down to earth girl. I like her upbeat realistic honest attitude. Friday night I was went to a "twins garage sale." A coworker has twins and his wife is a member of the club and got me an "advance" invitation to the sale for the club members before it opened up to the public on Saturday. I was very lucky to find the stroller that I had previously chosen at Babys R Us. It is in pristine condition and was 1/2 the price of the new one. I also found a crib mattress for $5. It was a little thicker than the one that came with Erica's crib and I thought it would be more comfortable. Also found a pretty pink winter coat since we are being optimistic that Miss Evvy will be home for her first Misouri winter this year. Then I found a couple of cute outfits.

Saturday morning I went to Joanne's Fabric to buy the fabric for the curtains in the nursery. I hadn't found any premade curtains that I just loved. Plus the ones I did like were really expensive. So I found some pretty lavendar fabric that was perfect. However, when I went to get it today, they didn't have enough so they had to order some for me. Hopefully will have it in a couple of weeks. This saved me from having to sew them this weekend :) Then it was off to Target to look at a rug that I found last week. While I was there Peggy called on the cell phone to say she was pulling into the parking lot to go to the shoe store in the same shopping center. She came into Target and said that the rug was perfect. So I bought it. Then we went and got Miss Erica a new pair of shoes.

We then all came to my house to put the crib together. It was a little stressful but with the help of Peggy's two boys and Peggy and myself, we did manage to get it put together. We then put the crib comforter that I bought from Ebay and the quilt that my mom made in the crib. It is absolutely beautiful to have the crib up. The room now feels like a nursery and not just a storage room of baby stuff. We spent some time moving things around and pulling the dresser out of the closet and putting the clothes bins in the closet and sprinkling a little bit of Guatemala around the room. Then we put the rug down. I LOVE THIS ROOM. I just need my precious baby girl in it now and it will be perfect.

As you can see from the last picture, Bella has checked it all out. Not sure if she approves or not. Hopefully that will be the first and last time she will be in the crib. The door to the room will have to remain shut when I am not here. I hope I don't have to get a tent to put over the crib to keep her out when Evvy comes home.

Getting the nursery put together and buying a stroller makes me feel so ready to have Evvy home. I somehow feel more prepared having the crib and stroller.

I can't wait to get new pictures. It sure helps time pass more quickly. In 32 more days Peggy & I will be landing in Guatemala. In 33 or 34 more days I will hold Evvy in my arms for the first time. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

Hopefully I will have more updates soon.
Susan






Hopefully, this will be the only time Bella is in the crib. I hope I don't have to get one of those crib covers to keep the animals out. She was just exploring all the new stuff in the room.