Doctor

One more thing out of the way. Hubby and I had our physicals today. All went well. We are apparently very healthy people although both heavier than we thought! Hubby says that the doctor's scales were wrong but I have a sneaking suspicion that they weren't. Dg is coming for the Homstudy Thursday at 7:30am. Sooo much still to get done before that happens. Also, I don't know how I am going to pretend to be human that early in the morning. Hell, I don't even want to speak to anyone before 10:30am. I'm not sure I can even work the coffee maker that early. This is going to be interesting!

Thursday Thirteen - My favorite 13 Children's Books

These are not necessarily in order.

1. Where's Wallace by Hilary Knight : a precurser to the Waldo books but with an actual story and terrific illustrations

2. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss : a must have to teach the little ones about conservation and the environment

3. I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato by Lauren Child : one of the Charlie and Lola books ( they now have a tv show on Disney) - it won the Kate Greenway Medal, kind of like the Caldecott

4. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak : speaking of the Caldecott

5. Eloise by Kay Thompson : this is just the most fun, said to be based on Liza Minelli who lived at the Plaza Hotel and was Kay Thompson's Goddaughter, illustrated by Hilary Knight

6. Olivia by Ian Falconer : if Eloise was a pig she would be Olivia

7. Franny B. Kranny There's a Bird In Your Hair by Harriet Lerner, ill. by Helen Oxenbury

8. Toot and Puddle Top of the World by Hollie Hobbie

9. I Am Not Sleepy and Will Not Go To Bed by Lauren Child : this is always a favorite a bookfairs

10. The Librarian by Sarah Stewart, ill. by David Small : based on a real woman

11.A Bad Case Of The Stripes by David Shannon ( of No, David! fame) : has some of the best illustrations I've ever seen

12. Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss

13. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes : for anyone out there who has an unusual name

Book Meme- I've finally been tagged!

So here's the deal: 1. Pick up the book nearest
2. Turn to page 123
3. Write down lines 6-8
4. Tag 3 people

1. First Test by Tamora Pierce. This is Book 1 of the Protectot of the Small Quartet.

What if he thought she was being impudent? But there was something about him, a sort of waiting kindness that made her want to answer him frankly. To her relief, Myles chuckled.

Don't know what it's about as I just started last night before bed.

2.Going Postal by Terry Pratchett ( part of the Discworld series - a new and addictive discovery I've made recently).

He speeded up, and the floor disappeared from under his feet. The light vanished. He was briefly and horribly aware of dry letters all around him, falling with him.

Moist, the protagnanist, has just figured out how the 5 previous Postmasters met their ends.

3.Brothers by Da Chen. Haven't read this one yet. It is on my nightstand for when I finish First Test. It was released this past September.

"No, what good are you? The military chief! Can't you just cancel the order?..."

Just started this blog recently so I don't know who to Tag. How about anyone who reads this who has their own blog?

Bigtime Saturday Night

9:15pm on Saturday night. Are we out with friends? No. Having a "Date Night"? No. Even hanging out watching a movie... No! We are in the bedroom; hubby zoning out while creating his own universe with his computer and me reading a book and lounging with the puppy. Why? Well, the paperchase has officially started ! I spoke with our Social Worker (henceforward to be known as the Domestic Goddess or DG for short) Thursday afternoon and picked up all of our Homestudy paperwork. The same day I received a call from our Dossier consultant (DC) and got all that paperwork. So there I was all pumped up and, let's be honest, freaking out a bit 'cos now it's all happening and there was no way I could sleep. Spent most of Thursday night on the couch watching old movies on TCM. Found out Friday from DG that there is a training session Saturday morning at 8:30am. It is 3 1/2 hours away from us. We had to go though, or wait until Mid-April for another chance. Of course we weren't about to put it off! Again -no sleep. Finally just got up at 4:30am and had breakfast and coffee. We were still late for the seminar. Anyone who knows how slow I move before 10:30am will not be surprised at this. The seminar was very informative and we met some nice people but by the time we were done we were completely overwhelmed. I mean, there is just so much information and the stories are joyous as well as heartbreaking. We were totally stretched thin. So by 7pm we were in pj's so tired we were almost hallucinating. I let Bubba up on the bed which we Never do. Just needed some puppy cuddles, you know? The kitties seemed bemused but not pissed. Anyway, Sunday was fine. Had some fab sleep Sat. night and woke Sunday and did some retail therapy:) . Hubby brewed up a batch of beer. Spent last night sorting through documents, etc... This morning I sent DG and DC both long lists of questions to make sure I understand everything correctly. Bubba keeps looking at the bed...

With Six You Get Eggroll

Larrykins

Mary- mary

Space Ghost

Queen Otifa

Jackalpuss

Why the title of the blog? Mostly because I think it's cute. I love all the Doris Day movies and this is the title of one of them. Also because we already have six "children" of our own. One Great Dane, Four cats, and one fish. Bubba's picture is already posted. I am going to try and put up everyone else's. How's that for a family?

"Congratulations"

We have faxed our Agency Agreement and our 1st Prgram Fee to the agency. Waiting to get all our paperwork. In the meantime I look at other blogs, scan RQ, and think about our nursery :) .
My Mom is now VERY excited and is writing down all the family names she can think of. Yay!! hubby and I are still wrapping our brains around everything. All of our friends have been so supportive. I have one friend who is currently in the Waiting for Referral period and she said something interesting to me. She has one biological child and said how one big difference between pregnancy and adoption is how people first react. Apparently everyone says "congratulations" when you are pregnant nut you get all sots of things when you are adopting. So in my head I have been calculating the "congrats" I get against the "other". Luckily just about everyone we have told has been in the "congrats" category. How awesome is that?

Such Cute Babies

I've just been looking at the rumor Queen site. I am so happy for all of those families who have received their referrals. All of the babies are adorable. I can hardly wait to get started. Our application is still in limbo. The holidays got it a bit delayed. I did talk to someone at our agency and she looked over everything and said it was good.

We told all of the family over the holidays. Most everyone was Way excited for us. Christmas Eve when the whole extended fam. was around (that's 27 people not including drop-in friends) my cousin had news that she and her husband are adopting! All the merriment and happiness surrounding our news and the thought of two new additions to the crew got to my mom a little. So by the time we had left she was looking through the China Sprout catalog I had borrowed from a friend. My mom LOVES a catalog! It didn't hurt that the Reader's Digest had an article about Chinese adoption in it. She has read Reader's Digest my whole life.

We went ahead and got certified copies of oyr marriage license and my birth certificate. Hubbies will be a bit more complicated since he was born in Switzerland. Just CANNOT WAIT to get started!! All of those beautiful babies...