Cooks 6, IKEA 0

We waited to start Naomi's room until we knew it was for Naomi. Some people adopting before or after infertility are able to start preparation for a little one before they reach that milestone. We are not one of those couples. We were only able to start creating her space once we knew we could walk by her room and envision her playing on the rug or sleeping peacefully in her bed (they always do that, right?). Also we wanted it to suit her personality. That may sound odd given we have never met her face to face. From the moment we saw her photos however we started to get a sense of who she was. While very few can understand a connection with your daughter you have never held or heard make a noise, it happens and you start to think about who they are. Naomi....we have a feeling she's a strong willed little girl who marches to her own beat. We hope in the end her spaces end up creative, fun, and unique.

When people asked us what we were painting her room and we said, gray!, it sounded pretty boring. But stick with us! We added a 

Someone needs a 12 step program.....

Ester has developed a destructive obsession this summer.

Who me?

In the mornings recently I've been finding my flip flops drug out of my closet and

Fall Clothes are here!

I secretly loved back to school shopping. I still get excited when I see the school supplies out and can't resist looking at them. Lisa Frank stuff anyone? I know I was (am?) a pretty big nerd. I also love fall clothing. I think part of it is that it's my favorite time of year, but layering jackets, sweaters, t-shirts, skirts, leggings.....I'm getting excited thinking about it. Usually I'm looking for myself but now I've switched almost all of my clothes shopping efforts to Naomi. She may end up being a little spoiled, with clothes at least. Some day she'll thank me when she wins Project Runway and meets Tim Gunn. The new fall styles are coming out and I love them!

I would walk.......10,808 miles?

That is how far Naomi is from us right now! As I was wonder what she is doing at the same moment I am thinking about her the thought occurred to me, how far away is she? Turns out 10,808 miles....approximately. That is actually almost as far away as two people can be on Earth, at least according to wikipedia. Apparently the Earth's circumference is about 24,900 miles which means we are only a little less than 2000 miles off from being as far away as two people can be. She has been feeling that far away.

It's been about 48 days since we received her referral and there is no sign this process is going to speed up. Unfortunately it looks like processing of paperwork is slowing down a bit in China. We are waiting for our Letter of Acceptance which we were hoping would show up in the next couple of weeks but doesn't look like that will happen. There are people who have been waiting