My Little Helper

Still no news on a referral so I thought I'd just post more photos. Poor Kosmo has been helping me out so much with all of this baby madness. He could get a job with "Consumer Reports" with all the product testing he's done in the past few months. And all he needs to unwind is his pillow and a big truck. Enjoy the pictures.

PS. My case worker was supposed to call me Friday but ended up out of town on business so she emailed and said that she'd call me Monday. Please pray that she tells us something good. I'm dying to know anything about my baby and travel timeline.

Raegan

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Fantasy Team

I forgot to give a shout-out to Brad's fantasy football team this week. They won their first game of the season so they're now 1-6. Could this be the start of a winning streak? I think so... Go team!

Raegan

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Raegan

Baby stuff...

Here's some of the stuff that I've already gotten. I'm trying to be frugal while still getting good quality - let me know what you think.

I bought this Chicco C5 stroller months ago at Babies-R-Us and I just love it. It's really nice but still lightweight. I originally intended on traveling with it but everyone says that in VN a carrier (Snugli/Baby Bjorn) is the way to go. If worse comes to worse and I do need a stroller while there I'll just buy one of those $10 umbrella strollers.

This is the walker I bought at our subdivision garage sale for $11! This is probably my best garage sale find ever. It's in perfect condition and cute as can be. I put Kosmo in it the other day and he seemed to like it so hopefully Jackson will too.

I don't have this yet but I'm thinking of getting one since I don't have a changing table. I'll have to think about it some more though since they're so expensive. If I'd have any sewing talent at all I could make one of those liners and just buy any basket with a handle.

Oh, my Mom bought this and I thought it was sooo cute. Yes, we do realize he won't need a backpack right away but it was just one of those things we had to get (well, I had to get and she had to pay!).

Ms. Peggy bought us these two carseats (except ours has the black surround and the khaki inside material). They are the Cosco Scenara - when I was researching car seats I read that these were rated among the top ten. Pretty much all the others were Britax, which were way to pricey to fit into our budget (and apparently Ms. Peggy's too).

This is the bedding set we got, well, not yet since Mom is holding all of this stuff hostage until the baby shower. I think it's cute and boyish without being too busy.

That's all I can think of now... I can't wait to have everything set up. I'll post pictures of the nursery then.

Raegan

Adoption summary...

for those of you who aren't up to speed. Brad and I are trying to adopt an infant boy from Vietnam. We first applied in April, I think it was April. Anyway, we were so lucky that everything went so quickly for us. Our homestudy, medicals, police clearances, and immigration paperwork was completed in record breaking time. We sent our dossier (completed paperwork) to Vietnam at the end of July. Now we are just waiting for the referral - the picture, medical report, and birth certificate for our baby. In July our agency told us that we should receive a referral in two to four months but that it would probably be closer to two. Well, here we are three months later and still no baby. Every week we think that this will be THE week. We are getting so impatient. I'm sure our agency is tired of getting email from me every few days looking for updates. I know they'll call or email as soon as they know something but I like to keep in touch almost daily just to remind them that we're still here! Atleast if we had our referral we would know how old the baby is. I'd like to finish getting the nursery ready but it's kinda hard when you don't know if he'll be three months old or eleven months old or somewhere in between. Of course, Brad isn't making this any easier since he's just a ball of nerves. Oh well, enough complaining. Maybe tomorrow will be the day...

Raegan

Wedding Photos...

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These are pictures that I took at Nick and Faith's wedding on 10/7/06.

And, by the way, who said that white men can't dance?!? Brad and Nick sure do have some fancy moves.

Raegan

Introducing...

our brand spanking new blog. I'm anticipating using this space to chronical our adoption journey. Keep checking back for updates. Hopefully we'll have some good news soon.

Raegan