Canoeing and more baby room stuff...

On Saturday Nate and I went canoeing on the Buffalo River with some friends from college, as well as some other people they knew from church and work. We had to leave at 8:30 in the morning and didn't get back until 7:30 that evening, but we had a great time. We rented canoes from Crockett's, and their canoes were awesome! Well the only real difference was that their canoes had backs to the seats, but still! It made for a much more comfortable ride. I will definitely be renting from them if we go again! It took us about 3.5 hours to make it down the portion of the river we canoed. Nate and I got separated from the group right at the beginning when we went a different way around a bend and then never met back up with them, but we finally found them later after stopping on the bank and waiting for a while. It was a nice day, not too hot, and the river was deep enough that we didn't have to "ford" any parts of it. Some of our group ended up tipping over at various points throughout the trip, but thankfully Nate and I managed not to tip. We did have one close call when we got to some rapids and I lost my paddle and Nate was trying to save it, but we made it! We brought plenty of food, water, and sunscreen, but for some reason even though I applied sunscreen 4 times (yes Mom, the first time was an hour before we got in the water) I have two strips on my legs that still got pretty badly sunburned. I think it could be because i had my legs up on the sides of the canoe alot (I let Nate do a lot of the paddling!) but I figured that applying sunscreen as often as I did should protect me. Oh well. All in all it was a fun trip!

Here is how I rode most of the way down the river!


We stopped and swam for a while.


I've finished my crib skirt and some wall-hangings to decorate our baby's room. I used a pattern for the crib skirt, so all I gotta say is, cribs better all be a standard size! I'm gonna be upset if I spent all that time and it doesn't fit! Here are some pictures of my completed projects. P.S. Notice the pleats on the crib skirt. I was very proud of those! I haven't decided if I'm going to add anything on to the wall hangings. Any suggestions? I've also considered making the two outside rectangles the same fabric...which fabric do you like better, the flowers or the stripes? Or should i leave them the way they are?





I'm starting to run out of things to do to keep my mind off the waiting. Suggestions anyone? I do have one more book I have to finish reading, but other than that, I don't know what else I can do to the baby room. I'm also about to have a bunch of free time with summer coming up. I have a wedding in June, and a 2 week Orff class to take in July, but other than that I don't have much going on.

Keep praying that the adoption process moves as quickly as possible, and God has the perfect baby ready and waiting for us to take home. I would like to say "thank you" though to all of you who have written recommendation letters for us. I hope you know how much Nate and I appreciate it.