Can't pass up a good deal!!!

So, I know we might be a little early in doing this, but some friends of ours (military friends) who are moving soon had some awesome 12-18 month clothes and toys for a little girl who were barely used!  In fact, a couple of the outfits have tags on them and they're from Baby GAP and Gymboree (which I think are expensive stores).  :-)  Anyway, we also ordered our furniture for the baby's room from AAFES (gotta love the Air Force...tax free good deals on a baby crib and dresser)!! Again all this is probably a bit premature, but my mom will be in town March 18th-March 21st (yay for frequent flyer miles) and she's making the toppers and the comforter and stuff for the crib too (out of Winnie the Pooh & Tigger stuff too)!!  We have our next meeting with our social worker next Sunday the 28th of February and we're anticipating more waiting as we are waiting on the state registries to come back.  And, of course we are still nervously praying that Aaron does not get orders to deploy.  Thank you for praying with us through this whole adoption process!!

Here's a photo, by the way of the fabric my mom and I selected for the baby's room.  We are working towards getting it done sooner rather than later so that when all the paperwork is formed for Russia, the room actually LOOKS like a baby's room, instead of our guest room (which it is at the moment).

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