We are now 3 weeks out from our first tentative travel date - September 10. I am trying not to get my hopes up because I have already seen 5 families travel before us who had their paperwork done after us. A bit frustrating, but all a part of the experience, I guess. We were told that we would not have a definitive travel date until 2 weeks prior to travel, which doesn't give us much time to find and book a flight. I'm guessing that it also means that travel will be expensive.
Our nursery is all set up! We have a crib (thank you Rob and Crystal for letting us borrow this very special piece of furniture), a toy box, some clothing (thanks to Jason and Melissa), and a very cool wooden kitchen. Patrick's dad and step mom sent us the Ergo baby carrier, which will make tending to the baby while working around the house easy for the stay at home dad :-)
I also ordered a car seat off of the internet. In our usual form, we had to have the "best" one avaliable - the Britax Boulevard with side impact head pads. Today I cleaned the car in anticipation of installing the seat. As soon as I get word that we will travel, that seat is going in! Then things will start to get real.....
Tomorrow, a friend is throwing me a baby shower. It feels a bit funny to have a shower, when I am not pregnant and we still don't know when we will have our child in the flesh. But, it is nice that some friends are coming down who I haven't seen in a very long time. I guess it is all good!
Keep your fingers crossed that we get our TA (travel approval) soon!
