We are building a nest.

For the past couple of months we have been working to get bedrooms ready in our upstairs. We were in a big rush the past couple of weeks to get A's room set up for a picture we could send to him in a welcome book saying, "This is the bedroom we have prepared for you!" We have done painting, some wiring, and trim work.

I was mostly the painter, scrubber, and tool grabber.

We still have some trimming around the windows and the door but the room was "picture" ready this afternoon.

We purchased a "twin" bed frame at a second hand store. When we set it up yesterday, we discovered that it was about 2' short! This is a strange mystery to me. Micah had to make a box spring and supports so that it would hold our twin mattress.

Here is a peek at the pictures we sent him. I love the quilt I waited for...it is perfect. And for all of my facebook friends, that is the lion that I got by asking for the discount b/c of a smudge. I am also VERY happy with him. The frame above the bed will hold our family picture once A. arrives. Here is a picture of the north and east walls. I was unable to find any art that I really liked for his room... and perhaps a little too cheap to buy any, so I rescued a couple of square pieces of chip board from our basement and tried my hand at painting. One is a Jeep driving up a mountain and one is a lion under the night sky. I am pretty happy with them considering the only thing I had to buy was a 60¢ bottle of orange craft paint. We bought the glider off of craiglist last week and it fits in perfectly.

Also, this past weekend we drove to Omaha for an adoption parenting class that was actually in Des Moines.....WOW, what a day that was. But, while we were there we had some cash from Micah selling his paintball gun and decided to have some fun at Toys R Us. After all, every boy needs a Tonka truck and the closest thing we have to that is a pink pony wagon. We found some awesome deals and we now have some boyish toys and some toys that are a little more co-ed than what we have now.

Things are getting exciting as "gotcha day" is coming into view!