Really, not post since 8/31

Here are few things that have been stored away in my mind, waiting to be posted.

Amy and I spent part of the Labor Day weekend with my parents while they were in from Georgia....had a nice lunch together on the patio of a local restaurant. Then, bless my father for this, we spent about 2.5 hours at the fabric store. After must searching, comparing, and searching again, we found the perfect fabrics to make Sophia's dust ruffle, curtain panels, and crib sheet. My mother has been fighting the bit to sew something for the little one's room...I cannot wait to see the finished product.

We have started redoing the nursery. We have narrowed down the paint choice from broad idea of yellow or pink to two shades of pink, and we now have one chosen. Now, we just have to decide how we want to paint the room....wide stripes, narrow stripes, wainscoting below chair rail, pink on top and ivory below chair rail....or no chair rail with only a painted line....ahhhhh...the possibilities are maddening. :)

Lastly....Amy received this from a friend of hers who has adopted from Guatemala twice...uplifting when we needed it:

"You know Amy…I truly believe these are our birthpains as adoptive parents and as hard as it is to imagine, these are the days that will bond you to your little girl forever. Praise God that we ache for these children, because it is that which reminds us that they are OUR children…that in His perfect wisdom, before He knitted them in the womb, before He knitted us in the womb, He knew that she was yours! And that is what makes it bearable until she is in your arms forever."

Still makes my eyes leaky...

take care, all