Busy-ness

We have been so completely busy lately!  Hopefully, things will slow down a bit now. Crazy to think that the holidays coming will slow us down, but that is the sad reality. 

Dan is frustratedly (I don't know if that is a real work, but I am going to use it) fixing our shower tonight in hopes that we have water again before bed.  Let's just say, sometimes an old house isn't all its cracked up to be.  It was leaking (a lot) last night, and he went to replace a little part today and a big part broke off.  He has now had to redo pipeing and all sorts of stuff.  He is working on it through the little hole in the shower.  If he has to cut a hole in the wall, it would mean tearing out a built in vanity, cutting the hole, patching the hole and putting a brand new sink in (which, incidently, we actually have one sitting around).  Basically, it wouldn't happen tonight! 

I have been working on the house in an effort to still get it settled.  We are down to about 10-15 boxes of books and videos (which is not many really - I like to read), and about 12 boxes of random stuff that needs gone through, sorted, put away, and gotten rid of.  We are going through things witht he idea in mind that we are going to do a garage sale in the spring.  We still have to work upstairs in the new nursery, and I have to get the linens put away.  The attic rooms still need settled as well.  One is going to be my sewing room, the other an exercise room.  It should be interesting!  We are hopeing that the weather cooperates this weekend and we will be able to get the garages cleaned and oragnized.  We keep getting donations for the garage sale (which is Awesome!) but need to organize the other stuff so we have a place to put them. 

On the adoption front...  as to Mason, we are sending inour 12 months update and doing our last meeting with the social worker at the end of the month.  We are combining the last meeting on Mason with our home visit for our new adoption.  Let's just say travel fees are ridiculous, so, they are letting us combing the two meetings!  I have started working on Mason's Citizenship application, but have not been able to give it the attention it needs.  Once again, a goal to have it done and sent in by the end of the year.  As to the new adoption, we are getting there!  The homestudy paperwork is all turned in.  We are finishing up the last 5 or 6 things for the dossier so it will be ready when we get the homestudy back.  The goal is to be able to turn in the dossier and be officially waiting by the end of 2010! 

That is our life in a nutshell.  Here are the fun pictures that you really come to this blog looking for: 
Mason at breakfast...

 Mason and his Uncle Jer at breakfast when he came to visit this past weekend!

 The family after church out on the porch swing!

 This is something cool we noticed one evening.  We live on a block of historic houses.  It is on the national registry as the silk row district of GC.  One evening we went out and looked down the block (we are on the end) and all 5 of the houses (including us) had their flags out.  It was just a neat shot.   We love living in this neighborhood.  Everyone has been so wonderful!