I must be nesting!!!

I have to be. I am cleaning like a mad women. I shampooed that living room carpets & the babies room. I even vacuumed the stair. Which I HATE doing. I have washed all the baby stuff I do have, which isn't much & that includes bottles. We haven't bought too much, because of the fear that she will change her mind. I really don't want to look at babies stuff to just have a constant reminder that another adoption fell through. So for now, we have what we need to get by for about 3 days. The baby furniture is all painted. It was hand me downs & I wasn't to fond of the color of wood, so why not paint. It was cheaper then buying a whole new set. By the way, Berh primer & painter in one, is the best. TOTALLY doesn't smell like any other paint. If fact, it hardly smells at all. The mattress is cleaned & I put the sheet on it & was like, yippee:) The theme is, 'Oh, the Place You'll Go'. It is from Dr. Seuss & I love it. I want to instill in this little boy that the world is his & he can do so much. The bedding, if it happens, is Mosaic Transportation. It is cars, trains & airplanes made out of Mosaic tiles. It is so cute. We are waiting patiently. She is due this week.
Oh, did I ever tell you that the birthmother is amazing. She is the nicest person in the world, with quit a spunky/sassy sense of humor. We have been texting & getting to know her. It has been fun & entertaining at the textes that have taken place. One of them has been on the name. From the last post, we thought we settled on Crayton James Thomas. However every time I would write it, it would remind me of crayola crayons. Crazy, I know. Well the birthmother would always ask if we had thought about other names. I told her my concern about the whole crayola things & she wrote back, HAHAHAHA I call him the crayola baby. Well that was that & I got the answer about the name. Now back to the drawing board. I mentioned Eli & Peyton, I know they are the Manning Brothers, but I do like the names. Brad said NO! real quick. Then I mentioned the name Aiden. She wrote back & said she liked it. She said how about Merritt for a middle name. So I texted back Aiden Merritt Thomas. She replied she loved it. You are wondering where Brad was in all this. Sitting next to me & nodding his head. He says it is just a name. Whatever. But she said to not be surprised if she puts it on his birth card. So for now it is Aiden Merritt Thomas, but he could come out looking like a George. LOL:):):)
Other big things going on in our life. Boise Fire Department. Brad is coming home tonight from Idaho. He went down thinking the weather would be nice. Boy were we both wrong. It snowed. And Alaska had amazing weather. Why are we thinking of going to Idaho. Ok. The test was on Saturday & he says it was very similar to the test that he took for Anchorage a few years back, just a different order of the questions. Also about 400 people applied, compared to Anchorage 900 applications. We will know by June 15th if he passed the test or not. He says he feels good about it, but when I say that, I fail. Besides taking the test, he was able to see if parents & brother. The best was, his parent drove him to take the test. So cute & amazing. Thank you Larry & Laurie for being such a great help & support. I can't wait to see him.
When it rains it pours in our home. I am very thankful for this time in my life. I know I need to have continued faith that everything will work out. I will not lie, I do hold back on my excitement, but to tell you the truth, I am so EXCITED!!! I can't wait to be a mom. Brad is going to be a great dad & Lucy & Abigail will be great big/little sisters. Our house is getting in orders for a wonderful chaos to come in. Oh & Aiden means little fire. The birthmom says hopefully not his temper. YIKES! But I replied, Brad is a firefighter & he can be Brad's little fire. I know, I know I am pathetic. Till the next post. And hopefully the announcement of our new addition to the family. Thank you for all your prayers, love & support. A special thanks to the birthmother & her courage to do this at such a young age. She is in our prayers & will always be. We can't thank her enough for this. She will always be apart of our family because of him & I so can't wait to see what kind of person she ends up. She will do great things.