Coming Out of The Fog

The last week feels like a blur...we spent the first 2 or 3 days after the referral sort of walking around in a haze.  Staring in amazement at the pictures of the boys, knowing that we should be doing something, but not even knowing where to begin.  As we started processing our big news, we eventually came back out of orbit and started at...TARGET!!! 

What fun to plan for the boys and the days ahead, and all of the STUFF we will need for 3 little kids!  See, we've sort of put this part off a bit...Before we had our referral, we didn't want to bring too many children's things into our home, not knowing how long our wait would be, and not wanting to be surrounded by daily reminders of the children we are waiting for.  Besides, we had no idea what to shop for until we knew the ages and genders of our little ones.  So, we have a lot of preparations to make!  This part has been a looooong time in coming, and it felt great to finally be able to walk through the baby and childrens' departments with the anticipation that we will soon be welcoming 3 little boys into our lives.

And ever since we got the ball rolling, we have been a flurry of activity.  Our house is in a state of chaos as we re-arrange all of the furniture, start to child proof, and finish miscellaneous household projects that we have put off for too long.  We have made lists, and lists, and more lists.  I have talked to the school district, the fire department (trying to figure out the whole car seat/booster seat thing and what we'll need), our social worker, the international adoption pediatric specialist, and many many of our friends and family.  Thank you all so much for your support and encouragement.  I had to laugh when a friend of mine told me to BREATHE!!  JUST BREATHE!!!  Exactly.

I have been busy working on a scrap book for the kids (I am not good at this, but am really trying - thanks Vicki for the supplies and help!)  I have been trying to learn how to make a DVD to send to the kids, and fighting with the computer to figure out why the audio won't play with the video.  GRRRRRR!  Finally found a fix for that, and now we can have some fun making the video.  Our social worker says that the kids love to see/hear their new family and will get a kick out of our funny accents as we try to speak Spanish. 

We have officially accepted the referral for our 3 little boys, and will be submitting our paperwork today...which will promptly trigger...more paperwork.  Oh well, every paper, every signature, every notarization from here on out gets us one step closer to bringing our sons home!