Adoption Celebration Party!!!

Today we were thrown an Adoption Celebration Party by our family. It was so much fun to all be together to celebrate Sweet M*. coming home. Our family did an AMAZING job, the kids played pin the dot on Ethiopia (like pin the tail on the donkey), they colored Ethiopian flags, people were able to make a note for Shea on the scrapbook table and there was the most beautiful cake! But, the part of the day that meant most to me was sitting in a prayer circle being surrounded by so many prayers and well wishes for safe travels and a smooth transition for M* into our family. I can't tell you how loved that made us feel. Sweet M* has already stolen our hearts and the hearts of those that surround us. It is amazing to watch how many people have been touched by this amazing adoption experience. We are excited (& a little nervous) to be so close to finally meeting our son and we thank everyone who has helped us through this process. We leave in just 4 days... I can't believe we are actually at this point!!!

Room Re-Model!!!

Tomorrow morning the wall is coming down. Yes, we are going forward with the room re-model thanks to the kindness of my uncle who is a contractor two of our kid rooms are going to joined together into one large shared room for all 4 of our kiddos.
We went furniture shopping last weekend to find a second bunkbed, since Bombay kids is no more ;( And, we were pleasantly surprised. I don't know when furniture stores turned into carnivals, but let me tell you that was some of the easiest and pleasant shopping I have done with 3 kids in a long long time. Between two stores they received toys, got their faces painted, ate fresh baked cookies, and could have had more if I let them. It was hilarious. Anyhoo, I highly recommend it.
On the adoption front we are still waiting for our court date. We have been getting our travel shots and doing a lot of reading on attachment. But, mostly we are getting excited b/c in just a few months we will bring our little boy home!!!