Jeri's homestudy was on Thursday this past week, and he seemed to think it went really well. We, on our 2nd attempt, passed the fire inspection. We did not pass it the first time because we had some electrical boxes in the ceiling that were not covered. I hadn't even noticed them prior to the inspection, so I guess that's what the firemen are for! With Jeri's individual homestudy complete the last part will be my individual homestudy on December 1.
We also (prior to that date) have to get our kid bedrooms ready for kids to live in. Right now our home is set up with our bedroom, office and a guest room on the 1st floor. We'll be moving our office to the basement, and turing it into a "nursery" complete with crib that must be set up at all times. I'm slightly apprehensive about this, but I'm sure it will be okay in the long-run (just a little something to get used to).
I've started to gather items that we will need to have... like a crib sheet for the crib, a diaper holder, the gate/fence thing that goes across the top bunk bed (for the "big" kids' room), which will have been our guest room. Guest's will just have to sleep in the basement in our 2nd family room.
The fun I have been having recently is actually thinking about how to decorate the bedrooms to make them more kid friendly and if we have a "theme" what it is going to be exactly. It's a little weird since I'm not picking something out for a specific kid, so what it comes down to is it has to be something I (& Jeri) like, and hope that the kids we have will like it too.
Here is what I have so far...
Nursery:
1. A super adorable crib blanket that has verses from the Beatles song "Imagine". Some of the verses have to do with peace in the world, and loving everyone (I thought this would be great for our children because they will have a birth family also to love & really we'll love them too-after all they gave us a piece of themselves). The blanket also has mommy/daddy & baby animals on it in a variety of colors, the border of the blanket is a light green.
2. I also have the crib sheet that I spoke of above, it is a light blue that matches some of the animals on the blanket.
3. A diaper holder that currently has a really ugly picture and nothing to hang from (like a spot at the top), so I am going to cover the ugly with blue material, and possibly put a picture on the front (I have stencils of some animals that go along with the blanket).
4. *Maybe* have Noah's Ark themed stuff on the way from a friend, we are going to see pictures before we purchase, though the items sound nice (crib bumper, lamp, quilt all included).
5. A crib.
Big Kid's room:
1. Bunk beds (coming next weekend)
2. Dresser (just need to move it upstairs)
3. Hamper
4. Sheets for the twin beds
5. Some start or at least ideas for decor. I don't think we keep the current stuff we have in there because there are a lot of breakables that I wouldn't want broken!
Our plan is to move everything & get it all ready a week from today! :)
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