A Little Bit of this & a Little Bit of That

So I have been very quiet lately about a 2nd adoption. On top everything else going on...selling a house & keeping it clean with 19 month old. We have decide that financially we can not afford to adopt & honestly with all that's going on with international adoptions it makes me nervous.
One of the girls I work with went through a place which is tied into the foster care from several areas in Pa & she now has a 2 year old little boy who is SO adorable. Now I know what everyone is thinking..... We are going to get our heart broke. And we know that is a great possibility but it may be our only way to extend our family. I believe I was born to be a mother...I love it! Jacob also is not the type of child to be an only child. He loves other children. We are meeting with the consular Wednesday. We are going to be VERY strict on our wants & needs mainly based off of Jacob & our comfort level.
1. must be the same age or younger than Jacob
2. parents must be out of picture & 99% sure they will not get him/her back... (we know there is no chance they will know 100%)

For some reason if he or she is taking back .... Our hearts will be broken and tears will flow but We will know that he or she for how ever amount of time they were with us were loved, cared for, hopefully happy, & will have good memories to carry with them for the rest of their life.
So there you have it...our plans!

Today we visited Michael's sister who is a rehab center with in a nursing home for the elderly. I feel so bad she is in a room with a woman who lives there and controls every thing in the room. Just a brief explanation... my sister in law was in a car accident last year. Had to get cut out of the car and walked a way with some bruises and a sore leg. They said her leg ere fine now a year later they said her hip is broke.... so 3-4 screws later she is in rehab. Jacob ran up & down the hall. All the little old ladies LOVED him. It was nice to see them smile! And the nurses could not get enough. She will be there for at least 6 weeks. Crazy!

Tonight after dinner I started taking down and packing some of our personal stuff...pictures, candles, decorations, stuff like that since when people come to see your house they like to be able to imagine their stuff. It was sad I like to see my stuff. My mom let me borrow her carpet scrubber so tonight until 10pm I was doing the carpets upstairs. Looks nice. Tomorrow the 1st floor. Not so much carpet . I knew I loved hardwood flooring for a reason! Actually I love hardwood flooring... I would love to have it in my whole house but the bathrooms. The living room really needs it with Jacobs juice and the occasional food dropped from him..... Well I hear some one crying better go.