52 days in PGN

Today marks 52 days in PGN. Argh! We're hoping NOT to reach the way-too-common 100-day mark that so many other cases are reaching.

Owen's room is still not totally finished--for some reason, after I painted it and moved the furniture in, we haven't finished getting the border up. I did clean out his closet and remove all non-baby items, hung up his clothes, etc. But since then, it's been tough to go in there and work. I just want him here so much. (Big news there, I know.) I can't wait to get him out in the yard, in our woods, fishing from the neighbor's pond, petting the neighbor's horses, swimming in Pa and Nana's pool, reading (and watching the Cubs!) with Grandpa, toddling through the yard with Grammy.

Let's make a list of things we can't wait to do with Owen when he gets home! What a productive way to spend my time, huh?
We can't wait for Owen to come home so he can...
1. meet Ellie and Josey and Cleo (if she'll show her face around him, she's not a big fan of kids!)
2. eat out of Ellie and Josey's food bowls
3. pick Mommy's flowers (with and without permission)
4. kiss Grammy and Grandpa when they come up for a visit
5. run next to Pa and Nana's pool when he's not supposed to
6. sit in a floaty-tube in the pool with a big floppy hat on
7. meet other adopted Guatemalan kids like Eliot in St. Louis and Heydi in Fredericktown
8. come to school (on a day when I'm still on leave) and meet all of the faculty and students here who have prayed for us and loved him from Day 1
9. meet his great-grandmas in Cape and in Chicagos
10. hear stories about his great-grandpas--about train-hopping, the war, fishing, how GG blew his thumb off
11. skin his knees after falling and run to Mommy for kisses
12. learn to throw a football and baseball from Daddy
13. learn the names of the birds that come to the feeders
14. learn to tell venemous snakes from non-venemous snakes
15. do 'raspberries' with baby food in his mouth, much to my amusement
16. learn to walk
17. learn to use sign language, before he can talk
18. say his first word (which will be MOMMY of course!)
19. call his best friend Daniel in Texas to say 'Hi, I miss you!'
20. meet all of his cousins and aunts and uncles in Arkansas, Washington, Oregon, Florida, and California, and Missouri!
21. run around shirtless and wild in the backyard
22. giggle hysterically at Daddy's antics
23. be held by his daddy...in those big strong arms!
24. toddle around Grammy and Grandpa's house after their cats
25. give big wet kisses to Mommy and Daddy--and probably to the dogs, too

OK, enough for now. If anyone has things to add, write them in the 'comments' area, right below this post! :)