The Nursery Is Ready

Our nursery has been ready for almost two years. It looks a little like an Easter egg. It's pastel yellow, green and pink. We have a white crib, white armoire, and white toy box.

Over the back of the crib is Merrilee's first baby blanket. This was a special gift from Aunt Brittany in Arkansas...

Here's a view showing you a little more of the room...

Merrilee's toy chest is already filled with toys and books. We love to read and we look forward to reading to Merrilee every night. Hopefully she'll love books, and she'll love movies (like her mom!)

We already have Merrilee's first bear. He's guarding the crib for the time being. Once we know where Merrilee is, we plan to ship the bear (and some clothes for the orphanage) to China. Hopefully, everything will make it to her...

Okay. One more picture. Here's the armoire...

And, we hope to have some panda bears soon for Merrilee too. We understand that a lot of Chinese babies love panda puppets. So, we've been on the web shopping and we hope to have one we'll pack in our luggage during the trip. We already have a lot of clothes, toys, books, etc...packed for the trip. Believe it or not, we're going to travel light. Fortunately, we expect to travel while it's hot, so we won't have to pack sweaters or heavy coats. We'll be there for shorts and t-shirt weather. When we started this process, the wait was about nine months. Now it is closer to three years. It seems like the wait lasts forever. But, once you know your log-in-date and you know that date is in the next batch of referrals from China, a little panic sets in. You wonder, "Where did the time go?" and it seems like you don't have enough time to do all the things you want to do and need to do before you set our for China.