Nothing significant to report

It's been a pretty uneventful week on the adoption front. Thank goodness because some of the other mumbojumbo stuff I've gotten myself into seems to be taking a lot more of my time than I anticipated.  Well, that and the summer like weather. Who can work when it's 75 degrees outside.  In mid-February.  In Northern California!  It's all been a nice distraction.

Parker picked up our police clearance letters/background checks from the police station on his way home from work today. As I thought.. those suckers are NOT notarized so it's a good thing I held off on notarizing the small pile of docs awaiting the same. I'll probably take them in tomorrow to get done.  I have to get any and every little task done this weekend as Parker is nice and busy, traveling and/or otherwise gone next week. As crappy birthday luck would have it.

We had a couple of funny conversations this week.  The first was short and not so sweet...

Big kid "Uh, mommy, how old are you going to be?"

Me "39."

Big kid "Whoa!! That's ooooold!"

Little kid "Yeah, you're going to be a giant!  Are you gonna die soon?" (He is young enough to still equate age with size... the mortality thing is just plain creepy.  And rude!)

The second was about the "what if." What if we are referred a sibling pair?  As much as we'd love to have 2 more children, we've pretty much only prepared mentally for 1.  (And it's not like we've done a bang up job on that one either!)  Parker's response when I asked him if he thought he was ready for a 2 for 1.  It was a simple.... "Well, that's one less trip to China."  Yes indeed.  I suppose that's one way to look at it.  My husband, a man of few words and low energy.  As much as I wanted to tell him that was such a jerky thing to say, he's actually got a good point.  Not so much about the one less trip to China thing, but more about one less adoption process to go through.  And maybe with sisters, the adjustment and bonding would be easier/faster because they'll also have each other.. I dunno.  All things to ponder. Not as if it's likely to happen, but just in case...

So let's see where we're at:

I-800A application - done and submitted.. waiting for fingerprint appt.

Police Clearance - done

Birth Certificate Authentication - to do!  but I'm confused on this one. Working on it.

Half dozen notarizations - to do!

Special Needs List -yep, you guessed it, to do!  We can't seem to get to it. Or rather, we keep freaking avoiding it.  Of course we do.  It's going to be the most difficult and excruciating part of the process. Procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate.  At least we're consistent.  

In closing, we took a big step a couple of weeks ago. We made our first purchase for baby sister.  We have things set aside for her but this was the first time we bought something specifically for her.  Wondering what we bought?  Costco had Hanna Andersson pajamas for little girls.  Cheap!  Anybody who knows Hanna Andersson knows the jammies are so soft and comfy and still look like new after many, many washes.  And they're expensive!  I reserve Hanna Andersson jammies for Christmas and Christmas only!  But I saw a big pile of cute pink, striped and flowery girly jammies and I couldn't pass up the bargain. Parker is totally weird about this stuff. He thinks we should wait until we know who baby sister is and are within moments of getting her before buying anything for her. I told him fooey!  If we wait till then, there will be no good deals to be had and we will end up spending way more than necessary.  He doesn't care about that stuff, but I do.  I'd rather be practical than a superstitious spendthrift.  So I went ahead and picked out a couple jammies for baby sister.  Welcome to the Costco lovin' Colvins baby sister!