Pink Shoes and Sunshine

It was a completely exhausting day and the only reason my eyes are still open now is because my brain will NOT shut down...my body is barely hangin in there, but my brain...that evil brain....is keeping me from resting!

I called the pediatrician to try to get an appointment for Zoya and am still waiting to hear back.  Also trying to decide if I want to call the International Adoption Clinic in Pittsburgh and set up an appointment there, or if we should start with the pedi...not sure.  Spent some time researching how to get Zoya a social security card and will try to put her on our insurance tomorrow.  Got caught up on a couple bills, did 2 more loads of laundry (Zoya's things), put some finishing touches (although still not finished) on Zoya's bedroom, organized her play room a bit, had lunch with a great friend, had a doctor appointment for myself (3 weeks of eating no vegetables and my body is NOT happy with me), uploaded 800 pictures from Ukraine to the Walmart website only to find out they wanted to charge me $30 for shipping, and went shopping for Zoya girl for about 3 hours! How is that for a full day?

The little things make me happy lately....like pink shoes.  When I got home from shopping I thought I only bought 3 pair of shoes for Zoya but when I started unpacking the bags I realized I actually bought 4 pair...and they all are either pink or have pink in the pattern! I will probably never buy Zoya red shoes because that will remind me of her pathetic orphanage shoes that don't even fit! Apparently though, I like pink shoes :)  See? I bet she will like them too!

Pair #1....

Pair #2....

Pair #3....

Pair #4....

What can I say? They were all on sale ;)

So even though I had an incredibly busy day, at the end of the day two things made me really happy: pink shoes and the wonderful sunshine and warmth we had all day today! Driving with my windows down and smelling fresh air (missed that very much in Ukraine) was enough to make this day awesome! Zoya loves Sunny Days too...see?

Also on sale ;)

Oh...and I also put this stencil on Zoya's wall today....I love the saying....

I also put out the Matryoshka Dolls that we bought for Zoya in Ukraine

Our house is almost as ready as our hearts are for Zoya to come home!! We will definitely be doing more baby proofing than we thought since she is movin' and shakin' a lot more than we thought she would be!