Getting Closer to Ellie!

Congratulations to those families seeing their children's faces for the first time! We've made it to 2/9/06!!!!

To get to the 16th we have to bypass 7 days, 2 of them the weekend. Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! That's all I keep saying in my head-like that little girl in the musical Annie!

All the sudden I have no idea what I've done over the last 30+ months to prepare for Ellie's arrival! I am trying very hard to focus on scheduling 70 students (sooo crazy!)and make a good impression at my new school. Once I come home though it is so hard to do homework and not start reviewing all my informative files I've saved over the years! Plus I have to minimize my thoughts about Ellie 'cause now she's real and I can't do anything about her not having a family right now and we all know the nannies do their best but... Three years of waiting has not provided me with patience or peace in lack of control and order. =)
Does anyone else feel like they were better prepared (travel lists, paperwork knowledge, communication methods, attachment signs, baby needs, etc.) back in 2006 when the wait was supposed to be 6-8 months?! I've tucked all my what I need to know info in a box in my head and now I can't find it and can't even focus on where to start! Oh my goodness!