In Slow Motion

I'm dragging. I have been sleeping really well since getting back from vacation, but I'm tired. Last night I went to bed so early but I guess I needed it!

I am so excited for our meeting with our Adoption Specialist tomorrow morning! I wonder what she will tell us about the options we selected in our questionnaire. I hope she has seen our family profile, but I doubt it. I guess I don't know what to expect, but I'm not nervous. It's not like it is our first homestudy visit! But I wasn't nervous about that either, I just wanted the house clean as a whistle.

Last night, I went to get Bill's birthday present. I'm not going to say much about it because I don't want him coming over here and figuring out what it is. Unlike me guessing my birthday present right away, Bill hasn't even been close to guessing. I think he has given up now. It's gonna knock his socks off! I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to top this one for a while but it will definately qualify me for "wife of the year" status.

Bill ordered his TV. The BIG flatscreen TV. The one I have been saying "no" to for the last year. Well he found it for a very good price and this time I couldn't say no. He claims it has nothing to do with his birthday or for the Superbowl on Sunday. LOL! I came home last night to find our family room torn completely apart and everything pulled out of the cabinets of the entertainment center. The center part of the furniture has to be reworked to fit the new TV. I really don't want to buy any new furniture. That is not part of the deal!

The TV was delivered today. Bill had to go home to wait for it. He also got the cable company to come out and give us the new HD DVR today too. It's all set up apparently but Bill won't be home when I get there and I'm not going to touch it! I'd hate to turn it on the wrong way or something even though he bought an extended warranty with it.

I ordered the stroller and car seat on Monday night. It's being delivered on Friday in 2 big boxes. I'm very excited!!! We might still buy the Amby bed next month, but that's probably going to be it. Unless we run across some very good deal on clothes like what I already found, I don't have any other plans to purchase anything myself. My parents have offered to help us prepare and there is plenty of time for that. I feel much better having the car seat ready. You can't go anywhere without one. I am interested to see how it fits in the truck since it seems like our seats are at a pretty good angle and perhaps I will have to do the install with a pool noodle but at least I can figure this out now. We also got a seat protector to help with the compression and any rub marks. My truck does not approve a center LATCH install, so it will be done with a seatbelt. If I have to move up the driver seat, we'll have to consider installing it outboard, which I hope we won't have to do. The car seat doesn't look particularly long and it's not rated to 30 pounds like some larger models so I'm hopeful that there will be enough clearance. I know what I'll be doing this weekend!

I have not gone through all our pictures yet. I have to get the underwater cameras to be developed anyway. I should start going through those - hope I have some good ones!!