Oh, the weather outside is frightful.........

What a crazy couple of days. We have been slammed by snow here in Central Illinois. Tuesday we had a snow day at school. Darren and I did go out and the roads weren't too bad. We were scheduled to be in Indianapolis on Wed (today) at 10am or 9 am Illinois time, for our biometric fingerprints. I was freaking out we would miss our appointment. Our original plan was to get up early, send the kids to school, drive over and come right back. Well, at the last minute we decided to drive over on Tuesday night and spend the night. What to do with the kids and dog???? Will we have snow day on Wednesday? What to do-what to do????? I made some fast and furious phone calls, I wanted out of here before dark. We decided to bring the boys with us and take the chance that they would have a snow day, which they did. Hannah went to her friend Shannon's house for the night. My friend Kirstin, took care of Truman and I got on line and did Priceline to find a hotel room. Got one right down town for over $100 off regular price. Oh how I love the "Negotiator" :) For those of you thinking.."Why didn't they just reschedule?" Well, you don't. This process is crazy. You don't make an appointment to get your fingerprints done. A piece of paper comes to you in the mail and it tells you where and when to be there for fingerprinting. And there is no contact phone number for the office you are going to...believe me, I tried. So we figured we better just go.....

Roads were a bit hairy on the way over but we made it. Boys went swimming, I sat in the room and caught up on emails. Sue at our agency emailed me to ask if we would be interested in a boy AND a girl......two.......I think my heart may have skipped a beat when I read that. The thought is a bit scary. Of course, the planner in me goes straight to "where will I put another two kids???" I am planning on moving Luke and Owen into Owen's room in bunk beds and move our "girl" into Luke's room. Where would I put another little boy??? I guess we would have to finish out the loft. Money grows on trees right? The little boy Sue is referring to is on the waiting list, he's 1 1/2 and super cute. But I am guessing he will have a family by the time we are paper ready. But you never know.....
Anyway, we made our appointment. Very uneventful....except the boys thought it was cool that they got scanned and searched going into the room. Owen said, "just like at the airport!" We were one of two families there to get prints. So we were in and out in no time. It was only 9:30am our time, so we hated to head home. We drove around and decided to head out towards Keystone. I ended up going into Babies R Us while the guys went to Borders. If I only knew the age of our child.....soooo many cute things. I already told Jennifer that once we get our referrals we are taking a road trip back over. We ended up eating lunch then driving home. Roads were fine. The kids probably should have had school today......
I did buy something the other day for our "girl". I am really trying to be good and not go crazy. But I saw this and I just had to have it. It's a hutch for her room. It's huge, but will be sooo cute with baskets in it filled with tiny little socks, hats and bows.
Darren just shook his head......I have no idea how we are actually going to get it into her room....Looks like I will be making dinner for my good friend Ian again....he is our favorite "mover". Here's a picture of the hutch. Now that I have this, the planner in me is going crazy again....how will I decorate???? Do I need a crib or a toddler bed???? Oh, how I wish I knew........

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