Getting Lucys room ready

so, we got the girl, in a non-physical manner of speak, so now its time to complete the room. which means furniture, painting, and general filling it with stuff. done thus far: paining walls and ceiling, closet re-org, dresser assembly, and now the crib. left to do: rocker, bookshelf and maybe an area rug.
here are some before and after shots to date. the room looks a little empty, but thats only because it is.

Yet, again...wanting the phone to ring

Ok, we have come so far in a months time. Now we wait for the next best phone call-TA!!! This stands for Travel Approval. Once we get that, any ounce of restraint I have is out the window and all bets are off. Within two weeks of this call we will be on a plane to China to get our girl. RING RING!!!

We had a full weekend, to say the least at our Convention down town. We got to show some of our favorite people her pictures and talk all about her. We felt so much excitement from our friends. It was fun!! She is definitely loved by so many already.

We also have had some quotable quotes that should go down in the adoption hall of fame of oddest, stupidest, strangest things people may have ever said to adopting parents. Par for the course. I am sure they will start getting even more odd once we bring her home. ;)

John put the crib together. So strange to have a CRIB in her room. We will post pics soon, hopefully.

Ok , do the TA dance for us. whatever that is. :) Hopefully we will have great news soon.

Introducing .......Lucy the Beautiful!!

We are so thrilled to announce that our phone finally rang!! We have our little girl's picture and we think she is sooo cute. We love her so much already and are getting all prepared to welcome her home, hopefully in the fall. Paperwork is still getting finalized in China and that can take some weeks before we get our actual travel dates.

Lucy's Chinese name is Luo Hong Hang and she was born December 19th, 2006. So that makes her 18 months old. We are told that she likes to smile, listen to music and play with other children. She also knows what the word NO means. I guess that is a good thing??? :)

She is described as being shy and quiet at times but energetic. She likes noisy toys and watching TV with the bright pictures. We believe she is walking now and has a mouthful of teeth. She is still a little peanut and we can not wait for her to come home. Lucy also has a good appetite. Even though she is small, we love her little belly in the most recent picture of her in the yellow dress.

We are so excited about being her parents and can not wait to play with her outside, take her to the ocean, read her stories and teach her to be a good girl and love her family.

Enjoy the pictures! We will post more soon.

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i am not entirely proud of this, but i like this song - something about how good i think they sound together in the chorus- or i should say how good the synthesizer makes them sound. i am sorry.