Dresses!!

Okay, we are another step closer to getting her room finished. Today we hung the decorative dresses on the wall. Angela found the dress and sent the link to me. I fell in love with them and ended up buying two. That way they matched. They are size 3-6 months, so they are only for decoration. Here is an up-close picture of the dress.

Here is a picture of the wall and what they look like. I am happy with them now...I really debated on the dresses for awhile. I actually bought two other dresses to go on the wall and decided not to use them.

Care Package

We have FINALLY gotten Kelsey's care package together. We had to finish her room so that we could include pictures of her room in her photo book. Here are the things we put in her care package.

Care Package:

2 outfits, set of socks, pink blanket, toy, Build a Bear with a message for her recorded with mine and Rusty's voice, photo book-it includes pictures of us, our parents, Hercules, the house, and her bedroom, 2 disposable cameras-for the foster family to use to take pictures of her, vitamins-for the foster family to show we wish them a long healthy life, 2 notebooks and pens-for the foster mother and daughter, magnetic fishing light-for the foster father, letter to the foster family explaining the items included in the care package

We are mailing the package to Holt Korea and they will translate the letter and forward the items on to the foster family. When we travel we will take additional gifts for the foster family and the workers at the agency. At that time, the gifts will be more specific to Kentucky and specific for each family member.

Kelsey's Room

Okay, we are pretty much finished with her room. There are still some other little touches that we'd like to add. But for the most part, we are finished. Here are the pictures with short explanations. (Okay, I can't get them in the order I would like...so you won't get the big picture. But, here they are.)

Dresser with eyelet lamp. Check out the new hazelnut shag carpet in the room. Thanks dad!

Closet....Rusty did a great job with the closet organizers.

This is her light switch cover. There are 2 different types of electrical covers further down in the posting.

Baby bed, large front window and her name.

Baby bed, side window and her name, again. Her wall border is white with an eyelet punched out edge.

Here is ANOTHER picture of her cute bed!

Window valence with white shears. The valence matches the baby bedding...white eyelet.

This is her closet doors. At this time, the decorative dresses are hanging on the closet doors. But, they will probably be moved to the wall at some point before she comes home.

This is her ceiling light! Don't you just love it. It's a flourescent light...about 26" across. So, it's very big. But, adorable!

This is her hutch with her changing pad. The pink build-a-bear is going to be sent in her care package next week. Rusty and I recorded our voices on the voice box placed inside the bear. There will be more to come on her care package so check back later.

Here are her electrical outlets. There are 4 in the room, two of each. As of right now, 3 of the 4 outlets are actually covered up by furniture. But, they are cute...even if you can't really see them.

Here is her name, again. I know that I posted it once before. But, this time it is actually on her wall.

LEGALS arrived!!

Today was a very exciting day. I had a wonderful southern lunch, shimp and grits, with Marie at Science Hill in Shelbyville and was about to leave when Rusty called to say we'd received Kelsey's legal documents. That means we are another step closer to bringing her home.

We read over her documents, they are pretty basic and generic in form. They are pretty much the same for every child...it's just a formalilty. Then, we completed the I-600 which will be mailed to our USCIS office in Louisville. (I will mail those documents in the morning.) :) This will begin the process to issue her visa so that she can come home. We are officially finished with paperwork. From this point on the various agencies, Holt Korea and Holt USA, and governments will send the paperwork back and forth between themselves and complete the visa approval process.

Typically, it takes 2 months to receive legals and we received ours in about 2 weeks. So, we are feeling very blessed that our process seems to be going faster than normal.