I had a thought this morning

It's so rare I have thoughts that I had to document this one...no really it's a good one - it got me a little choked up, excited, scared...all kinds of emotions.

Naturally it's about adoption because at this point really what else is there in my life? CSSM says the average wait is 10 months and we've been told because we are currently childless it's likely we will be place more quickly. So, that being said...wait for it...our baby very well could be growing right NOW!!! Somewhere is Montana there is a baby waiting to come home to us.

HOMESTUDY DONE!!!!

Nothing to do but wait...

It was great!

HS #2 DONE!!

We had another great meeting today. We chatted more about our next steps in the process, about parenting and discipline. We're having nice easy chats, it was almost like she was running out of things to discuss...had to save something for tomorrow...
Betsy liked our album and gave me the go ahead to order so I've done that and they are on their way to Helena. We had a few changes to make to our letter which I've done and will show her tomorrow.
That's it for now.

Jr's Room

The weekend before last I got a little fire in me and decided to work on a changing table for Jr. We're pretty happy with it, we think it will work just fine. It's amazing what can be created when one is resourceful, just a few days before I was trying to come up with a way to dispose of the piece. Below is the end result.

Portland Pics

The view of the atrium from our room.

The Urban Farmer Restaurant - totally hip and totally a blast!

Our Room!

More of our room

Me in our room!

Mom street walking in Portland

I'm BACK!!!

Portland was great - Saturday and Sunday night we stayed in the coolest hotel call The Nines. The Nines is located on floors 6-14 above 5 floors of Macy's in downtown Portland. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into and so stoked about what worked out. The Nines is a very modern, eclectic, chic, vibey place - the decor, food and drinks were great. I would stay there again in a heartbeat (doubtful I will ever get the chance since we got a screaming deal which I don't think will ever be matched).
Wednesday through Saturday morning we were at the ever so standard Embassy Suites at the Airport. It was nice enough, I feel a little bad for Mom since she was pretty much stranded on Friday while I was in meetings all day. The convention/meeting was fine.
Our weather throughout the trip was manageable, raining and cloudy but mild. I don't really have any pictures but of The Nines - I'll get them posted sometime soon.
Back to the grind....

Off to Portland

Will report back next week!