Tomorrow marks week FOUR that we received Eliza's file. I thought the time would crawl by but it has flown instead, every minute bringing us closer to our child. We have spent the time frantically finishing the nursery details (paint touch-ups, etc) only to move all of our bedroom furniture into the nursery so we could finish refinishing our floors and the hall as we'd always planned. It is making me nuts to have the house torn up when I am desperate to be putting it all together in preparation for Eliza. We've also made a two-page list of everything we have to do before we bring her home, a list that is really only a partial list.
So far we have: shared our happy news with the people we love, friends and coworkers and facebook :), painted our bedroom, sanded the floors, registered at a baby store (that was surreal), purchased a crib, started the spring yard preparation (although we'll have fewer flowers this year since we're conserving our cash), started cleaning out closets, stock piling gifts (people are so sweet and excited for us), hung the new curtains in the baby's room (love them!), made doctor appointments, started planning leave for the trip, connected with friends who have also traveled to China for their children and went out of town to celebrate my last childless mother's day (so fun). I'm sure I'm forgetting things and there are a million things left to do but I do each with happy anticipation because we know why we are working so hard.
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