While the Cat's Away...

Michael is out of town for work for 5 days.  Apparently having a house to yourself, with no one or nothing to distract you, can lead to a very productive week.  I've had lots of projects in mind lately, and this has given me the perfect time to get down to it.  We now have...

A newly painted spare bedroom...

And an almost finished painted dresser...

Ok, ok... I know it doesn't look almost finished.  I primed and painted 2 coats today.  Hopefully I can keep it up and finish painting tomorrow.  Then, after a coat of poly it should be done!

And... drumroll, please!

A finished Adoption Profile Book (save for one page)...

What do all of these things have in common?  Big hopes that we'll have a little one sooner rather than later!  Most expecting parents have a full 9-10 months to prepare for a new baby.  Our situation is a little bit different, so I'm taking advantage of the time we have now to be as proactive as possible.  Now that we've submitted our application, we're waiting for all of our references to come back.  At that point, a social worker will contact us to set up our home study.  Once our home study is approved, we can submit our Adoption Profile Book.  When birth mothers are placing their children for adoption, they are given these books to help them choose a family for their child.  So basically we create 12 pages of pictures and text to convey to a birth mother the type of parents we will be and the kind of life their child might have.  No pressure, right?  Once I got it through my head that we can only be ourselves and there's no point in trying to guess what a birth mother might want to see, I really enjoyed making the book!  Michael has to write a short paragraph about me when he gets back.  Then I'll try to post it on here for you guys to see.