Okay, obviously one thing I can do while waiting to bring Naomi home is complain about the wait 🙂 I’m skilled at that! The other thing I can do is prepare for Naomi’s arrival, which I’ve now officially started by putting together a list of everything I need to accomplish prior to her homecoming.

Item #1 is clothing. Based on Naomi’s size at referral, she is probably wearing 6 month size clothes, but just barely. By the time we pick her up, she’ll most likely be wearing 9 months size clothes. Sunday evening I got out all the containers of Lili’s outgrown clothes and started sorting through them. What I discovered is that Lili had A LOT of clothes. LOL!!!!! The other thing I discovered is that the majority of what I have starts at 12 month sizes. Assuming Naomi is in 12 months sizes this summer/fall, she will be set, but prior to that she doesn’t have much. Apparently I need to do make a trip to Baby Depot. Darn!

Item #2 is painting Naomi’s room. I decided months ago that I would paint her room a light sage green color and shortly after the 1st of the year I WILL paint the room.

Item #3 is getting the room furnished. This is going to be the most expensive of the preparation projects.

Item #4 is getting a new car seat for Lili. Actually, item #4 will need to take place sooner rather than later. We decided that it would probably be better for Lili if she gets a new car seat and starts using it for awhile before Naomi comes home and takes over the seat Lili has been in for almost 2 years.

I’m sure I’ll think of more items to add to my list, but it’s a start and I can start focusing on the preparations and not just the waiting.