Nursery Time!

So, with the news from Nov 3, we finally got going on the Nursery!  Here is how the room started...

This is the room as it was our Guest Room.  Caribbean colors of blue, orange, pink and lime green!  Yes, that's a giant Dolphin Stuffed animal.  His name is OOPIE (pronounced oh-pee - long story...).

It took four people at different times durring a couple of days to get all the stuff out of the room!  But, we finally got it!

 The, I got FANCY and bought some stencil material for the cricut, found a GREAT grass shape on the Mickey and Friends cartridge and painted on the grass.  Love how this turned out!

 Close up of the grass

Once the grass was finished, we started on the clouds!  Linda came over to help me out. 

 So, the clouds are half finished here and even though the ones on the wall look like whip cream, I still LOVE THEM!!

 Then, Friday (11/12) we got our furniture from Baby's R Us, and they SO IKEA'ed us!  We had to put each and every piece together!  Amanda helped put this together...

 And, finally, we finished!  All the furniture is set up, the walls are painted, we have a stroller and car seat system, so we are ready to go!

And just as we finished, our social worker, Jan, called us to confirm we are still excited and ready to go to Beaumont on Tuesday!  So, we are so excited we can barely breathe! 

Keep praying!  I'll let you know when I know!!!

This is REALLY Happening!

So, I promised I would write more.  So, here goes.  This is a bit long, but it's worth it!!!

Yesterday we went to a meeting at our adoption agency, a support group for waiting parents.  It was nice!  We had a few snacks, learned what was going on with the agency, and were able to share stories and feelings and ideas about what all of us are going through.  We all were able to discuss openly what's going on in our wait and offer and hear advise from others.

The evening was winding down and people were beginning to head home so we waived to the social worker that we were heading out and she signaled for us to wait.  She seemed like she really wanted to talk to us, so we waited, even though we needed to be heading out to get home.  Once all the other couples left, she took us in her office to discuss what was going on.

Back in September, we received an email about a couple who were looking for adoptive parents for their baby.  We were asked if we wanted to be considered for the situation and we said yes.  We never imagined in a million years that she would pick us.  Yes, thats right, you guessed it, we have been PICKED!!  We were all so shocked and amazed as to what was happening.  To be faced with a reality of something you fantasize about is so exciting that I have no word to expalin the excellent feeling I'm having!!!!! 

So, the next step, we are going to be meeting the Birth Parents on November 16th.  This will be an exciting meeting.  I'm already nervous about it and not sure what to expect.  If this meeting goes well, meaning we are willing and they are willing to continue with the process together, Dean and I will be parents to their baby.  Here's the really shocking part.  She is due MID DECEMBER!  Yes, I said December!!!  We are talking about 6 weeks here! 

Here's a picture of us after we got home.  I couldn't stop crying all the way home!!!

This is a really scary and exciting time for us.  At this point, this is not a sure thing, but we are confident in our social worker and trust her judgment that there is a good chance this may be the one.  We hope with all hope that this is the right situation for us.  Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that this is the right situation for us.  And, if it happens to not be the right situation, pray for us to have the strength and courage to continue this journey.  We know we are going to find the just right situation for us and all involved!

God Bless!  Love ya!  I'll keep you Posted!!!

Wow

The most exciting thing happened today.  I will write more later!  Love Ya!

Happy Halloween!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Halloween to everybody!  Be safe and have fun!

Love, Pixel

Do we really have to choose just ONE?

So, we have a free weekend finally!  What did we do?  Oh, nothing too exciting.  We went to IKEA to see what kind of couches and if they had baby furniture.  The couches were good, we got to look at some Kitchens, and they didn't have much in the baby furniture department for babies.  SO, we wend diving up 45 to Spring and The Woodlands.

We found Baby's & Kid's First Furniture!  Wow, what a place!  We had a blast looking around at all the furniture and getting ideas and such.  Here are a few we were looking at.

I really like the sleigh cribs!  This one has a safty gate on the front.  Looks nice!

This one is great, it's a 4 in 1 which is what we are looking for.

This was a weird looking crib!  No, didn't like it at all!

Dean really liked this plane.  He had a Big smile - COOL!

This is the one we liked the best.  It comes in a more natural finish which is what we are going to get.

So, there you have it!  The only weird thing about going crib shopping when you waiting to adopt, well, you are not pregnant and I would say every woman in there was!  So, everybody was looking at my tummy and wondering!  Ha!  Oh well.  We now know what we want and what to look for so we hope to get something soon!  We really need to clean up the room and get it ready!

Have a Happy Halloween!