Whirlwind of a Week

Tomorrow marks one week since Little Bee officially became ours... I think part of me is still in shock and the other part of me has hit the ground running. It's been a week of celebration, excitement, and planning.

Our friend Julie brought us the sweet teddy bear and balloons and my mom brought a delicious bottle of champagne... Here we are toasting to our little man.

It seems like almost immeadiately after getting the call we passed court, I felt like myself again for the first time in... well, three years I think. No more worry, no more self-pity, no more pessimism. What also seemed to come with the good news was a huge desire to be productive and get things off of my "to-do" list.

I thought we were pretty much finished with preparations around the house, but this weekend I think my nesting instincts kicked in full force... I decided the closets in the nursery needed painting, the storage room needed organizing, oh and we needed a bookshelf too! We also finished transitioning our basement into a guestroom, complete with a table that is able to fold down against the wall (Thanks, Babe!) and organized our camping gear and other random things that had been filling what is now Bikila's room. Tonight we finalized our travel plans, tickets will be booked in the morning, and pulled together a little photo album to send for Bikila with a family that is traveling to pick up their son in just a couple of weeks...

I can't believe in just a few weeks these items will be in Bikila's hands and then just a few weeks after that, he'll be in our arms... Hopefully these will help make the transition a little easier for our little guy.

My favorite project this past week was building a bookshelf for Bikila's room. I didn't actually built it which is probably why it was one of my favorite projects. Dave did. He has a new found passion for wood working and I'm loving it! Despite temperatures well below freezing, Dave bundled up and spent several hours outside on Saturday night and Sunday morning constructing his masterpiece, which by the way he created entirely on his own. We've stained it to match the rest of the furniture and now it's just awaiting a few coats of finish. No pictures of the final product yet, but they'll be coming soon.


Isn't it great! Thanks Babe, for enduring the cold, numb fingers and toes, and sawdust to create this! It's beautiful and I'm sure it will get a lot of use and abuse over the years to come...

I have a feeling this is the first of several productive and fun weeks ahead...