Almost ready!

Things have been a little crazy around here lately as we have been getting ready for baby-still-yet-to-be-named to come. We still have quite a few things left on our list of to-do's, but we have crossed some of the major hurdles now, and things seem to be calming down a little bit.

Our home study last week went really smoothly. Our caseworker this time was a lot less....let's just say "picky" than our last one. Last time, our caseworker opened nearly every drawer and cabinet in our house making sure that if there was anything that could somehow be dangerous, the drawer/cabinet was childproofed. She even made us move our unused rolls of paper towels to the top shelf of our pantry because they still had plastic wrappers on them. And don't get me started on the fence issue! :) This time it was a breeze, and I was so glad! For example, our caseworker just asked us where our cleaners/medicines/etc. were and made sure the drawers and cabinets they were actually in were childproofed! Hooray! We have now completed all of our paperwork (at least until the baby is born) and other adoption agency hoops!

We are also nearly done with the baby's room...we just have a few touch-ups left. This last weekend we moved Arden into her BIG GIRL BED and moved the crib into the baby's room. Now, of course I need to figure out what to hang on the walls of the baby's room and reorganize the walls of Arden's room since everything in her room has moved around now....but we are getting closer! I promise I will post pictures of the baby's room as soon as it is done. Other than her room, we just have some odds and ends to finish up and we will be officially ready! (Too bad one of those "odds and ends" still out there is picking out a name).

Winter seems to be dragging on forever and ever, but the kids are handling it much better than I am. Daxton is crawling and standing now, and he and Arden love to play in the playroom. One of Arden's favorite things to do is to pretend she owns a restaurant and "cook" food for Dax and whoever else she can get to sit at the playroom table. Daxton just LOVES Arden, and wants to be with her and be doing whatever she is doing. Whatever she is playing with, he will crawl over to her and try to join in the fun. She is such a good big sister, I am so lucky to have her!! It is so nice to be able to let them play together...Arden always needed me to play with her every minute when she was a toddler, and it is soooo nice now that Arden and Daxton can entertain each other, at least for short periods of time :) Here is a picture of them from this morning, they were cooking together this time:

Preston is going out of town this week and we will miss him as usual! Arden loves to play with her Daddy, he gives the best horsie rides!

Luckily, Preston's company is trying to cut down on the travelling because of the economy, so he hasn't had to go out of town as much for the past couple of months. I hope it stays that way!