Oh how I wish that I had some wonderfully exciting news to share. Like we were DTC but alas we are still awaiting our request for fingerprinting. Our I-800 was FINALLY filed last week and I am told that it can be anywhere from 2-3 weeks before we are called for fingerprinting and then it can be another 3-6 weeks before we receive our USCIS Approval. For all of you non-adoption folks, this is a very important piece of paper that says your family is approved by the United States Immigration Department to adopt a child. (I am hoping that the recent events concerning the Russian adoption don't mean longer waits for this document) Anyway, we are not having a hard time passing the time as life is beyond busy as I have been overwhelmed with trying to catch the kids up with their schooling coupled with day to day activities of taking care of a house, husband and 3 kids. Despite the busyness I have found that I have no problem brainstorming and planning a special place in our house for our newest member.
When we purchase our home 2 years ago, I was convinced it was absolutely perfect for our family. It was a far cry from living in a high rise condo with 3 kids and while I still think many aspects of the house plan are perfect there are a few things that I have discovered are less than ideal. For example, we have 3 floors and only 2 bedrooms on each of the floors. I would absolutely love to have all the kiddos and their playroom on the same floor but that isn't possible without a major renovation of this house. I really dislike having the kids (and their stuff) scattered from one end of the house to the other but we can't do a renovation right now and we aren't even sure it would ever be possible therefore my wheels have been turning about where to put our brown-eyed boy. We have a few options with the best being that we would re-locate our girls room and give him his own room near Cody. Now I just have to orchestrate the musical rooms and decide on a theme. I have lots of ideas but am leaning toward a western themed bedroom. Stay tuned for what we decide.