Preparing.....

Or maybe I should have titled this post "Nesting".  Feels like that is what we are doing! We're almost in our third trimester with two!

We found out that our paperwork is in the hands of the government officials in the girls' country.  We pray that we will be officially matched within the next week or two. Then our facilitator will be able to visit them and get us many more pictures and information on the girls.  We can't wait!

So here are some things we've been up to---

Our adoption/foster care ministry has many resources from Dr. Karyn Purvis.  She is an amazing woman who has helped so many children and families! If you haven't heard of Dr. Purvis, look her up!  She has a great book called The Connected Child and lots of short videos on The Empowered to Connect website.

One of her DVDs we rewatched recently talked about the importance of giving adoptive children sensory activity every two hours.  We are already doing a lot of that with Nate and Ellie but wanted to get some things that are specifically good for the girls.

A tent---which will give them a place that will make their world "small" if needed

An easel---so good to write on a vertical surface.  Love that this has a chalkboard and a whiteboard--the  whiteboard crayons and the chalk are great for giving input when a child writes/draws.

This swing--swinging is also very good for all children.  And this swing helps them feel "safe".

This chair--we went back and forth on this one.  We have learned from our work with Nate that spinning is very important for the vestibular system, and this chair spins in an amazing way.  It also has a cover so that the girls could have some "time away" if they get too overstimulated.

I have been compiling lots of ideas and pulling together the things we have in hopes of having many types of sensory activities for the girls.  One of my goals before we leave to bring them home is to have all my smaller supplies organized---putting it on here so I will maybe get it done!


I will have more posts about sensory topics later---so intriguing and as we have learned with Nate, so often children are struggling with things that can be helped through working their body physically.  So thankful to have our experiences with him to help us prepare for S and V.  We're amazed the more we learn about how important movement is to learning---truly does make such a difference!  And so amazing how God created our bodies to work as a whole--we've learned how many systems are tied to each other.