The Transformation

The Beginning of the Transformation



Beginning the Painting


The Painting is Completed!!

After we completed painting and cleaning up the room, we completed Kaiden's Nursery. I can't wait to have him here so he can actually see his own room!!

2 Months and Counting

Today, we reached the 2 month mark in our wait for Kaiden. These past two months have just flown by. It feels like just yesterday when we got the call and found out that he is our son.
Well, we have been exremely busy getting ready for our little one the past 2 months and I am very excited to report to everyone that we finally have our nursery completed!! We have everything on the walls, the furniture done, toys and clothes ready, etc. I will hopefully have the pictures up by tomorrow!!
I finally ordered the car seat, and bought a stroller this weekend. We only have one major item left which is the high chair. We are still debating about whether to get the new Graco 4-in-1 Blossom Bombay chair or the Spacesaver high chair. I figure we will make our final choice by this weekend and get that taken care of. I have been trying to hold off on getting everything ready because I need to have something to do these last few weeks of waiting.
Now in my opinion, he should be ready to travel in at least two weeks, but we will have to wait to see what Holt says.
It still feels unreal that we have a baby boy. I sometimes feel in awe that we have been this blessed. Hopefully it won't be too long until we will get to meet him, love on him,and grow together as a family!!

EP, YEAH!!

Well, just about an hour ago, I got an email from Holt letting me know that our EP has been APPROVED!! This is absolutely wonderful news. Now what does this mean in the great scheme of getting our baby home. Well, Holt has to have 3 things to send in with our P3 for our VI which is the final thing before our Travel Call.

1. EP(We have this now!)
2. Travel Certificate(Should be here a few days after EP)
3. Visa Physical

So now all we are really waiting on is his Visa Physical. This could have already taken place or we could have to wait another month for this to happen. Unfortunately, we won't know until we find out that his VI has been scheduled. I am really praying for some quick movement for us and other Holt families as well. Let's get our babies home!!

P3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right. I called the DC info line today and we have P3 as of Friday May 15. We have almost completed his nursery and are getting the house all ready for him. I think we are going to do Safety locks on all the cupboards this weekend. We already have all the outlets done. But these are just the things we do to keep this part of the wait from getting unbelievably unbearable!!!
Unfortunately, I keep watching the Holt BB and there are a lot of people that should have already received their Travel Call, but they are still waiting. This really scares me because they don't know why. I feel so sorry for those babies and their new families. Everyday is precious and not having their child here is heartbreaking especially when you know they should be. I really feel for them and I am praying that Travel Call's start early tomorrow. This could also happen to us. Now I have my mind set for no later than June 25th which would be exactly 3 months. If I don't hear the good news by then, I might start getting a little antsy. So hopefully in less than 1 month, Kaiden will be here with his family. That is my plan, hopefully it is God's plan too.

We Have a SEO #!!!!!!!!!

I just found out today that we have an SEO number. In case you don't know what I mean, I will explain. All of our info that our government has to approve has been sent to Korea. This is REALLY BIG!!! We only have 2 steps left until we reach the coveted Travel Call. There is a good chance that Kaiden could be here in early June. Oh that would be AWESOME!!! We are almost done with his room and Aaron and I are finally getting to go out of town to go shopping together this weekend. I am so EXCITED!!

Can anyone tell?!?!

Dakota and Shelby

Meet Dakota and Shelby. Shelby is the white shih tzu and is 9 years old. Dakota is our yellow lab that is 4 years old. My husband made this little slide show of them. Just wanted to share today.

7 MONTHS

Today, our baby is 7 months old. I spent today doing some much needed retail shopping for my precious boy. The past 6 weeks since we have gotten our referral have gone by so fast we have hardly had time to catch our breath. I am still in awe that we have a son. Now that he has hit 7 months old, I am really dying for an updated picture. I want to know how big he has gotten, how much his hair has grown, if he is sitting up yet, etc. I need an updated WBC and pictures like yesterday. I am truly hoping that when they receive his care package that it will coincide with his Well Baby Checkup and I can see how he is filling out the clothes I sent and of course I can't wait to see how he looks in them. He is just so cute!! I am really looking forward to seeing that smile for real. Hopefully, it will only be a few more weeks!!!

Also I hope to have his nursery pictures up by the end of the week. So be sure and stay tuned.

Sweet Surprise

Just to give a little background about this post I want to let everyone know that I teach two college classes at night. Well, this was our last night before the final. I got to school to teach my class and on the door to my room it said that my class had been moved to another room because my room was under construction. I was a little confused because no one had let me know, but I just gathered my stuff and headed to the other room. Well, when I got near the new room I could see from the window in the door that there was a table decorated with blue gift bags.
My class decided to throw me a Surprise Baby Shower. This was my very 1st shower and it was awesome. It was such an honor to have them throw this shower for me that I will never forget it. I will have to put pictures of the cake on here tomorrow. Anyway, needless to say I had an absolutely great day!!

WE FINALLY HAVE.....

I-600 APPROVAL. I was starting to get really worried last week and stressing out over the fact that we haven't heard anything from USCIS. Well, I emailed them today and got a response back in about 2 hours.(Thanks Mary Jesse for the help with that :) ) She said "It had already been processed and mailed to us." Of course, when I read the email, I didnt see the word approval and that worried me a little. But when I got home from work, it was sitting in the mailbox.

So now I can officially order all of the crib bedding and decor for his room. We have had it picked out for a month, but didn't want to order it until we got this form completed. It would break my heart to see his room completely done and still just sitting there waiting on one person to complete a form.

I do want to take a moment to extend my thanks to the Dallas USCIS office for doing a good job!!! Thank you. You have really made my day!!!

New Clothes for Kaiden

Recently, my sister Amanda has been shopping like crazy for our son. She has been buying the cutest outfits and shoes for him to wear. She has already shown them to me because she can't wait until I have my shower. It is so sweet of her. Thanks to Amanda, Kaiden is going to be one well-dressed baby!! Here are a few of the outfits she has bought.