Testing, testing

I have been meaning to set up some kind of blog for our second adoption but it seemed pointless during the ballooning wait. Now, we're within six months of referral (I hope!) and starting to realize that it will happen. Started this paperchase October 2005 with all paperwork in (LID) on 5/17/06.

Today, I cleaned Josie's messy closet floor, sorting baby Legos and Fisher Price people into the drawers of yet another rolling storage contraption, surreptitiously tossing the fast food toys--roaches of the toy world. They'll outlive us all, those Happy Meal promotional dealies.

John and I are still figuring out how we'll accomodate another person--probably by trading our room for the girls' when they need the space. Once we know if we have a baby, a toddler, or a little girl, we can do more.

I will be teaching part-time at the college, as I did when we adopted Josie. Not sure how the second adoption will go so I'm on the mommy track for a yr or two. Everyone says that one to two kids is a big shift.

Josie is old enough to be a help, and can be a wonderfully helpful girl. As her first grader teacher put it--"when she's good, she's very, very good; when she's bad, she's... well, you know how it goes." Exactly. Josie and I are singing along to Wicked right now, our favorite at the moment but this is a GOOD part. I hope having a little sister helps even things out for her.

Time for a bike ride or something--it's gorgeous out.