life recently

the past two weeks there's been a major buzz around our home. our life went from being calm and quiet to a mad rush all of a sudden in preparation for baby. in a weeks time, in addition to our full work commitments, we had two 3 hour classes, multiple shopping trips, and home prep for our home inspection last monday morning.

the requirements for home safety for children in foster care looks a bit different than when dealing with a straight up adoption. we have to have fire extinguishers on each level of our home, fire detectors in all the rooms, carbon monoxide detector, all toxic and medicinal materials locked away and an emergency evacuation plan drawn up and displayed on all levels. we've been busy. we've been tired. i don't think it's been the physical aspects of the preparation that have wiped me but rather the emotional components that are attached to the physical labor.

// interviewing with our licensing agent

// first official "baby" item in our home. my feeling? surreal. 

my mother in law said it this way "ben & bex are pregnant but we just don't know how far along they are." i couldn't have put it better myself. this whole preparing for baby but not knowing when baby will arrive thing is strange and a bit against the natural order of things isn't it? i'm pleased and honored to be doing this but i simply don't know how to prepare really. with a natural pregnancy the woman knows how much time she has to ready both her home and herself until life changes forever. ...we have no timeline, it could be june or months after that we have a child in our home. it's bizarre and exhilarating all at once.

// please note how amazing my benny is with that professional "emergency evacuation plan" diagram. if it was left to me we'd have choppy scribal on a cocktail napkin. God bless that man, he makes me look good where i'd otherwise be a mess.

miss reese needed her rabies vaccine up to date for our home inspection. so, on a sleepy friday morning we high tailed it {like that pun?} over to our local humane society and waited an obnoxious 3 hours for a $20 shot. was it worth it?  we're frugal and she needed k9 interaction so i guess so. although i'm tempted to pay the extra cash next time around. we'll see.

// i mean!! how cute is my dog?

// even her awkward "FREEZE" when she gets picked up is a-mazing! seriously reese you're gonna rock at being a big sis!