The official beginning of summer was yesterday and it was beautiful outside, not too hot, sunny, and just a little breeze! Oh how I love summer!
I spent my first week of summer vacation redoing some of our dossier documents (16 of them to be exact). The notary messed some of them up and I had to redo a couple with a different notary, but all in all it only took me a few hours to get everything redone, notarized, and ready for apostille (that's next week's job). I took new photos for the dossier photo album since we've almost finished the nursery now, and last year we hadn't started it yet.
I picked up a couple cute outfits at Target today on clearance. I know I probably shouldn't buy clothes yet but I couldn't resist. It makes it feel more real to see little shirts and dresses in the baby's armoire.
I also got two cloth books--Fluffy Chick and Friends, and Squishy Turtle and Friends. Our friend's daughter has Fluffy Chick and she loves it. I figured they'd be good to pack for Trip #2 for the plane ride.
We got an encouraging eamil from our agency on Wednesday. She said the first five American agencies are possibly getting ready to be accredited, since they've made it through all four Russian Ministries that had to approve them before accreditation. They are now just waiting with the Ministry of Education to receive their accreditation. She said our agency is about #15-20 down the list to receive reaccreditation. So maybe things will get moving soon.
Russian word of the day: LYEtam- "in the summer"
Weather in Moscow: Sunny, 69*F, low humidity
The pink squares on the quilt are this soft, fuzzy chenille fabric. I love how soft all of the bedding is. We are waiting to get a mattress since we thought it might encourage the cat to make herself at home. Once the little one is home, we will probably keep her door closed at night to keep the cat from hopping in with her.
The picture above the rocking chair is a Peter Rabbit Print. I had always wanted a Peter Rabbit nursery, but since she won't be a newborn when she comes I didn't think it would be appropriate. So the print is my memorial to that dream.
I can't wait to be rocking with the baby in this chair before bedtime!
