We've moved

The last few weeks have been CRAZY!!!! We did end up getting the house and are all moved in (sort of--- lots of stuff is still in boxes, but it's all here now). The seller finally signed everything and the loan funded the next day and we started pulling out carpet that night. We replaced most of the carpet in the house and repainted pretty much EVERYTHING!!! I think we figured we painted on 18 gallons of paint and primer. There was so much cleaning and scrubbing that we stumbled home exhausted late each night and got up early to come back the next day while the kids were at school. I had some wonderful friends who helped a lot, especially Melania who was here almost every day through the whole process. She was an angel in disguise and we never would have made it without her. She helped me figure out the colors and I love how the house looks. She also painted an amazing border in my bedroom and it looks like something out of a magazine. Once we get it unpacked, I'll try to remember to upload pictures. We moved on Labor Day and have been unpacking like crazy.

In the middle of all that craziness we signed the paperwork to start the process to adopt Trish. We have to be "pre-adoptive" status for 6 months before it can be finalized, so we should be able to finalize in March sometime.

We also were able to set up the dates to go meet Emilio-- in less than 2 weeks!!! Stephen and I will fly down to Texas on Friday and meet him, then spend a few days with him, and if all goes well, we get to bring him home with us! We're excited to meet him and hope that everything goes well.

There's never a dull moment around here, that's for sure!