Journey Back With Me, Won't You?

So yes this is my second post in like an hour (did I mention I was waiting?) but I thought you guys might like to see some pictures of our journey up to this point. So travel back with me to the simpler times of June 2007, seems like only yesterday, I know. Life was good, times were sweet, and Carly was filled with a hope, anticipation and down-right giddiness that can only come from a teacher on summer break. With the help of the grandmas, Aunt Lili, and Christian we started on the nursery.

We bought a very serene blue to cover over my former Trading Spaces colored-block wall. Farewell crazy wall, we bid you adieu. Matt put together our beautiful crib set. I know ladies, looks and handy-man capabilities, Matt is the full package (well minus his unintelligible emails and hatred of the Broncos). Thanks for the crib and changing table Papa!

Then my mom, Lisa, and Christian came over and we painted a tree on the wall along with some clouds, bees, and butterflies. The theme of the nursery is Classic Pooh, so we also painted some of the words from the Kenny Loggins song, The House at Pooh Corner. It turned out beautifully!

Then we went on with our summer and with our favorite past time.....waiting! :) Our prayers were answered on July 17th. At exactly 7:59am on that Tuesday morn, the phone rang with glad tidings from our wonderful AAC Debbie. She had a referral for us! Woohoo! She emailed me Adam's history and pictures. Matt was at work and I immediately called him. He was thrilled and could not wait to get home and read Adam's information. We had agreed that we would not tell anyone until we had decided that we were going to take the referral and sign the papers. Yah. Me and my iron will lasted about 40 minutes and I was on the horn calling friends and family alike. You probably heard about our referral on CNN. The thing was that for once there was nothing to wait on. Adam was a healthy, happy boy who was thriving and he was my son. I knew it. I headed off to nanny for the day and Mom and Lisa went out to buy gifts for Adam and his foster mom because the next day Matt and I would head to Berthoud to sign the papers. We were also able to send a care package to Adam with another traveling family. Mom and Lisa did a great job finding the gifts on such a short notice. That night we headed out with our families for a celebratory dinner at a Korean restaurant called Seoul Food. It was the perfect way to end the perfect day.

Well I have gone on enough for today. Thanks for letting me share (well not really like you had a choice but still, thanks). There is more to come in our exciting story, a surprise shower, a trip to Nebraska for a shower and a little cautionary tale I like to call: Guess What? The Government Has Changed the Required Forms, Just for Fun. Much love to you all!