A catching up post

The house is officially on the market. We still have things to do, but for the most part it is show-ready (staged and all!) Here are some photos (for htose of you who have actually been to my house.....can you beleive it???) Warning: subliminal messages placed throughout this post to make you want to BUY this house (Hee!)Above is Levi's old nursery. It was going to be Ahren's nursery too, but we all know how that is going. Notice the baby-girl clothes hanging up. sigh....
This is levi's room now. Sunny yellow walls and beachy paintings. He has plenty of room to play, too.

Levi's bed in his room. Notice the brand new carpet. It is wonderful!
Our big brick box. This is one thing I never liked. There is no way to make it look anything but like a big brick box.
Ashley's room, painted per her instructions. She is my girly-girl. There was a lovely white net that hung down around her bed but during her last sleepover, the net became history. Who said girls can not be destructive????

The master bedreoom, with new bedding and curtains. The extra-large lazy boy was my present to Chris one Christmas. I made sure it was big enough for him and a little someone to be able to take a nap together.
The sunroom/playroom. This room gets the most use of the whole house, and it pretty darn indestructable!

The dining room. Staged to look like a model home. I had a grouping of shelves on the wall that had lots of family photos and little special momentos, but of course we had to de-personalize it.
The kitchen. That is my sexy-new refrigerator, but it is going with us!

Now here are more photos of Ahren and the long awaited photos of Peri Brynn. On Thursday, at 12:16 pm the agency for PBJ called. I got so excited and began making travel plans in my head. They told me.......

that we had been kicked out for the dumbest of all reasons. In the original interview we did for our homestudy 2 years ago we talk about adopting a boy. Then in the updated version, it states we now want to adopt a boy and a girl. Well, becasue it says 'boy', they kicked it out. I have already contacted our social worker to write the addendum, then it will be apostilled, authenticated and translated and be re-submitted. That adds about 10 weeks to the process before we can hope to get out. Needless to say, I am devastated. This Easter weekend is a time to regroup, gather up my strength and be ready to get back into the fray.