The Big Day Arrives

It's hard to believe this day is finally here. It's now 4:30 a.m. and I've been awake for a couple of hours. We went to bed quite early (especially for me!) last night, and I guess I'm not used to that. Hopefully we'll both be able to grab a nap this afternoon so we're prepared for Alex being awake all night if he doesn't want to sleep when he first gets home.

I think, overall, we're pretty well prepared for him. The only jobs left today are to pack the diaper bag and extra bags were bringing (just in case we have to stay in Toronto for some reason), and I'm preparing the pre-printed cards to bring to the airport in case anyone wants to write a message for Alex's scrapbook.

The house is tidy, his room is all ready, we've got formula, bottles, food, dishes, spoons, wipes, meds, diapers, clothes, blankets, etc. so I hope we're not forgetting anything major. We also installed his car seat today in the van - and I drove Chris nuts by reading the entire manual before I'd even let him touch the car seat. I did the same for the baby gate, high chair and stroller... my Dad would understand this - you can't begin to put something together until you've counted and arranged all of the spare parts, nuts, bolts, etc., and have read everything through. Okay, I'll admit I'm a wee bit anal about following instruction manuals to the letter - if it says to read through the steps before doing something, that's what I do. If it says to count all of the pieces before beginning the assembly, that's what I do too.

Both of us plan on closing off on some work-related things today, and just puttering a bit before we head into Toronto for the evening. We're heading up early - just in case, so Gulliver is going to stay with a pet sitter for the night as we'll be gone for a long time. We also don't have to worry about him if the flight is delayed at all, or if we have to stay in Toronto for the night for some reason.

Chris and I went out to a local restaurant for a Korean dinner to mark our last night before we officially become a family of three. The dinner was wonderful, and once the chef found out we were adopting from Korea, he came to introduce himself and I got to practice my garbled version of thank you in Korean.