Baby stuff

These are their first bibs Their cloth diapers and baby legs

Sleepers I got on clearance at Target=$2.08/piece

I bought these on etsy.com(just in case you can't tell the ribbons are pacifier holders)

Just thought I would show you all what I have been doing while we waited on our paperwork to be done. Internet shopping is the DEVIL I tell ya. I don't know what I am going to do while waiting on our referral, I have no money left now. Oh well I can always use Christmas money. HeHe! I do need to stop buying stuff though, it's going to get to the point where there won't be anything left to by for our baby shower. Actually there is always something cute to buy. Plus I'll leave all the really expensive things for friends and family. LOL;0) Just kidding. I haven't bought anything that is on my wish list so there are plenty of things left and they are not all expensive just a few things. In fact I think the most expensive thing on my wish list is $80.00. I have been extremely blessed in that our big ticket items have been given to us by great friends. Our cribs, a double stroller, some great toys and books have been taken care of and I found a good condition changing table at a baby consignment store for only $30.00 earlier this year. So all in all we don't need too many big ticket items. The $80.00 item is the bedding. I can't wait to start really decorating the nursery. It's going to be so fun. It will definately be the best looking room in the house. Well that's all for now. Have a great weekend.

Cloth diaper contest

On the sidebar there is a link to "Free Diaper Friday". Click on that and you could win $300 in free diapers from Diaper Junction. Of course if you win you have to buy me two diapers. LOL;0) I know I am going for it, we can use all the help we can get. And cloth diapers are definately what our mom's used they are much easier and cuter. Go and check it out and Good Luck.

Our Dossier has left the building

We finally, after over 9 months since our first home study meeting, fed ex'd our dossier to our agency. I'm so freakin' excited. We just rec'd our 171h today. When I went to the mailbox and saw the envelope on top I started jumping up and down and ran into the house. As I was texting Matt to let him know we rec'd it I was dancing, laughing and crying all at the same time. I'm sure I looked ridiculous. I went and picked up Matt from work and we drove 1 1/2 hours away to get it certified with the sec of state, spent 8 minutes in their office and then drove 1 1/2 hours back home. We laughed at how silly that sounded, but it was totally worth it. When we got back into town we went and fed ex'd the entire dossier to our agency, it will be at their office tomorrow afternoon. What's kinda cool, or nerdy take your pick, is that the Friday before my birthday, which was on a Sunday, we rec'd our DCFS approval letter and today on Matt's birthday we rec'd our 171h. Again take your pick, cool or nerdy;0) So where we go from here is: After our dossier gets to our agency they will send it to Washington D.C. to be federally certified, then it goes to the Ethiopian government to be translated then registered, once it is registered with the Ethiopian government we are officially a "waiting family". Hopefully this will all happen with in a month to a month and a half, more than likely will be the latter with all the holidays coming up. Either way the awesome thing is it is finally gone and we are much closer to getting our referral(s) than ever before. I can't believe that this time next year I may know who our children are. How cool is that?!

Here are two pics of the paperwork.

Our Dossier & 171H "Golden Ticket

Diapers & stuff

So I bought our first cloth diapers today. I bought 2 soft bums, 2 gro baby, 3 smartipants and 2 bum genius 3.0. I never thought I would be excited about diapers. I have been researching cloth diapers ever since we decided to adopt (that is a long time to look into diapers). The hardest part is that everyone has something to say about each one of them good and bad, and not until we use them on our children will we be able to decide which are best for us. So far the concensus is "yay" for bum genius. I will more than likely go with them and the the soft bums, they seem like they would fit our lifestyle the best, plus I have heard great things about them from many other cloth diapering mom's. But until we have our little ones we will not know what will fit them the best. I decided to go the cloth diapering route when I found out that disposables stay in landfills for 500 years. That is crazy. I am not a "green" person by any means, but 500 years is an awful long time to sit in a landfill. Plus the cost is also a huge factor in wanting to go with cloth diapers. Since I will only be working part time, I am trying to find ways that we can save money once our little ones come home, for example I also want to make our own baby food. Not only will we save money but it will also be better for our children. If I make their food we will know what is in it instead of all the preservatives in store bought food. Same goes for the diapers. Cloth diapers don't have the ickys that are in disposables. Now I know that more than likely if our children come home with Giardia (sp?), which is a parasite that causes terrible smelling and water like poo, we will probably use disposables, but I will try and use a earth friendly version. I'm hoping that in a year and we, hopefully, have our children home, and I look back at this post I still feel the same way. Only time will tell.

On the adoption front. We are still waiting on our 171h. I am hoping it will be here very soon. I have learned not to hold my breath in this process. The worst part is that we still have a lot of waiting in front of us. Right now with our agency the wait times for infants is 5-6 months, hopefully they are still at this range by the time we get our paperwork in. My Christmas wish is to have our dossier sent off before Christmas. That is the one and only thing on my Christmas list this year. Please Santa, I have been a very good girl this year.