THE IN BETWEEN

I ran out of hangers so the rest is in bags

Nothing but adorable in there!

Yes she needed this Zoo. How else is she going to learn the animal names in Enlgish?

What do you do while you wait for that precious little gem to finally come home?  Well, you become an EXPERT at checking your email. Every time that icon comes flashing on your cell phone you're on it! Just to realize it's Bed Bath and Beyond reminding you that you have a 20% off a single item coupon waiting to be used. After months of this you decide to unsubscribe from every store you have ever shopped at. Just to find that the envelop icon NEVER visits you anymore. And the hope of some news was better than no news at all.  Then you realize that maybe those 20% off coupons are a blessing instead of a nuisance. You become an expert at shopping. Spend $50 at Gymboree and get $25 back in Gymbucks to use at another visit. Do you know how much I can get nowadays at Gymboree with $50. It's seriously impressive. Then you might wonder...What do you do as the months tick by and her entire closet is 2T-3T? You freak out a lot!! You size up every child you see. And try to estimate how much a child grows in the time that you last got the height and weight of yours. You want your child to be well fed and healthy....but this selfish side in you doesn't want them to grow any more before they are in your arms (ok and grown out of the adorable clothes in their closet they have never worn). In the past 12 months we have bought and remodeled our forever house. Just to come to the conclusion that forever sounds like an awfully long time without grandmas, grandpas and cousins for our little one. So what was good and OH SO WARM (best thing about AZ) for 2, Isn't the best for 3. So we're in the middle of closing on our house. Between a complete renovation, adoption, and moving...been more than busy.  Yet that cute little daughter of ours never leaves our mind. No matter how busy you get she is still too far away. Her adorable little empty room and closet that is soon to be packed up is my happy place. I love seeing her clothes hanging in there. And the dolls sitting on the shelf waiting to be destroyed. You worry about her being loved every day and pray your heart out more than you ever have in your life that she is safe, that someone makes her smile, and that she isn't hungry, and that she is healthy. Then you wake up the next morning missing her more than the day before and you just keep surviving and waiting, and SMILING because she is yours!!!