Nesting!

First, THANK YOU!  We have been blown away by your generosity and God's provision.  In ONE WEEK, we have almost reached half of our goal!  Please keep sharing and praying with us that the rest will come in before we travel.

This week we also began preparing a room for our sweet boy!  It's not all the way done yet, but here are some sneak peeks.  A whole lot of love has gone into this room already....  First, Gamma and Papa gave us a bedding and decoration budget. :) We used the cute little orange and blue elephant that was handmade in Africa for inspiration.  We moved Evy into Jayden's room, and Chann painted the room blue.  The dresser was Chann's when he was growing up.  We had painted it white for Jayden when she was born.  This weekend Chann and Evy sanded the white off, and now it's being stained for a new look for Kidus's room.  Jude helped me set up the tee-pee, and both Jude and Asher brought in toys and put them in place.  Jayden helped frame the photos, and I made a few prints for his nightstand.  Jayden had bought the tiny wooden safari animals for Kidus over a year ago, so she was excited to finally put those in his room!  The vintage map of Africa is from a friend when we first began the adoption process.  Finally, my amazing brother made the awesome headboard and delivered and set it up tonight!  We just have a few things left to do for the room to be completely ready for our SON! It has been so exciting to see all these things come together so quickly to make a welcoming space for Kidus.  We hope and pray that we will get a travel date by the end of this week. We cannot wait to get our boy home with us!