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We put the comforters on the beds and it makes Zhi Zhi’s room so much more inviting!

We went from this:

To this:

I love the bedding and hope she does as well. I look forward to picking out curtains and a dresser soon.

Today I finished week 12 of my beginner class from YoYo Chinese. I am exactly half way through the beginner lessons. I feel like I am learning a lot but also feel pressured to pick up the pace a bit. I would really like to make it part way through the Intermediate lessons before we travel to pick up Zhi Zhi. I am becoming more comfortable with Mandarin but know that I have a very long way to go.

I was so excited yesterday when the doorbell rang. By the time I reached the door, the delivery man was already in his truck getting ready to drive away. He left a huge package on our front porch. A mattress! I was rather surprised that we had only received one, as we had ordered two. As the day progressed, there were no further deliveries. But this morning, I came up the stairs just in time to hear a big truck drive away. I hadn’t heard anyone at the door but peeked through the peep hole just to check. Sure enough! A second large package!

We have our mattresses! I am thrilled! I am definitely nesting. Our adoption has reached a point where I feel like we can finally see the end. I know we still have months more to wait, but there are only a few steps left. Unfortunately, those last few steps will take a long time, but there are still only a few – court, final immigration approval, and travel. That’s it!

We set up the top mattress yesterday and the bottom one today. They are memory foam mattresses, so have to air for 48 hours before I can put anything on them. Tomorrow afternoon I can put the comforter on the top bunk! We have the pillows as well. We are just waiting on the sheets and pillowcases to arrive, sometime in mid July. Then I can wash everything and make the bed. I am happy just thinking about it…

Next up is to find a dresser. I’ve been thinking we’d look for a long dresser, one that is longer than it is tall. That way there will be plenty of surface space for a lamp and some books between bookends. When we get the sheets, we’ll go shopping for curtains. We want to match the bed and the curtains but don’t want to haul the comforter to the store… And at some point we’ll look for something to hang on the wall. I’m trying to convince my husband that wall decals are a good idea. They are relatively cheap, don’t require that we paint, are temporary, and we can replace them if she doesn’t like it. Sounds like a win-win decorating idea to me!

I thought I was going to have some news on the adoption process but am still waiting to hear back from my adoption agency. I suspect something big happened today but need confirmation.

In the meantime, look what arrived! The quilts for the bunk bed!

I can’t put them on the bed yet because we still have a week or so to wait until the mattresses are delivered.

Hopefully there will be some good news tomorrow!

We made a tiny bit more progress toward decorating Zhi Zhi’s room. Yesterday we drove to Seattle and visited the same mattress store we bought our mattress from. (Just a quick plug for Seattle Mattress Company – I love them!) We ordered mattresses, pillows, and mattress protectors for both beds. The pillows and protectors were available for us to bring home yesterday but the mattress has to be shipped from California and will arrive in about two weeks.

The pillows are on the bed. I can’t resist, even though we don’t have mattresses yet. The quilts have been shipped and will be delivered on Wednesday. But the matching sheets are on back order and won’t arrive until mid-late July! It’ll be almost two months until I can fully make the beds.

We also went shopping at The Sock Monster and bought a pair of socks for Zhi Zhi’s next care package. I hope she likes pink!