Adoptions on the horizon?

One of our fellow adoption families has reported that the matching in Nepal has begun! This is very exciting news because most of the families have been waiting since January or February and without any matching taking place, there was no way to know when anything would happen. So, hopefully, we will hear more soon and find out how quickly (or slowly) things will begin to happen for everyone.

We're still working on getting our visa approval renewed. It's set to expire in June, and there's a limit to how early we can send in the renewal paperwork. So, our social worker is coming back for another home visit this week. I'm not sure what this will entail, but I'm planning a day off so I can make the house look good. I know that it's not really necessary, but boy do I want a day off anyway!

Our "future nursery" has slowly turned in to a junk room. I guess that's bound to happen when you just have a big empty room sitting around where you never go. A year and a half ago, it was completely empty and freshly painted. Now, you can hardly walk in there. I assure you, it started out innocent enough. . . tossing things in that were found or given to us for the baby. Then Christmas came along and it became a great wrapping/decoration/gift storage headquarters. Somehow, it's just escalated from there. I'm planning a big yard sale in June, but what should I do with all this stuff for now? I'm hoping to just get it as neat as I can for the social worker and spend this summer making it a child's room again.