Well I'm sure you've probably guessed by now that we made it back from Florida! :) Sorry for the lapse, but it's been a bit crazy! We arrived home Saturday night, after a two day trip in the car. The kids did well but we did have a couple meltdowns. We stopped Friday night, New Years' Eve at a hotel in TN. Of course, the pool was a great way to burn off some energy!

My cold babies...

Sunday was a day of unpacking the car, unpacking some of the things we unpacked, putting away, laundry, cleaning, and lunch OUT! :) A little less cooking and work, not too shabby, and they LOVE dipping their pizza!

Then it was back to it bright and early Monday morning, dance for Olivia and a doctor appt for Braeden, so we weren't home until 6:30pm. Each day since it seems it's been similar. Little time to finish unpacking and taking down Christmas items. This weekend will be a catch up time for me hopefully!

In the midst of it all I feel what I'm guessing is a form of "nesting." I'm rethinking how I'm going to redo the girls' room (Olivia pretty much takes up the room as is, much is needed in the form of a bed and storage to add another), and also about working on our unfinished-but-used basement to turn it even more into a family room. Currently the concrete floor and walls are painted and our tv and most of our toys are down there, but we don't use it much. It's cold and fairly bare and just not "friendly". I'm hoping to fix that to have more usable space.

Lately I've become a big user of Free*cycle and am hoping to find some things through there as well as IKE*A, love me some GREAT deals! :)

On the adoption front, I heard right before our trip that my homestudy was done and approved by our state. It then had to be sent to my adoption agency to be signed by someone there and would be able to be sent to me to include in my i800a application to the US. They talked about sending it to me in FL, etc, but ... I still don't have it. :( I'm hoping for it SOON!

Tonight, some Christmas storage and our family movie night and meal (KFC and Netfli*x thanks to some great Christmas gifts). Tomorrow, more unpacking of the van (yep, still not done with taking out the gifts and the van was in the shop until tonight), grocery shopping, and going to see Tang*led again (thanks to some great coupons and a couple free tickets - plus our theater is pretty cheap and has free refills!)