To remove or not to remove

A difficult decision awaits us...when is the right time to remove the spare bed from the soon to be nursery so that we can finish decorating said nursery. The dilemma is that we often have guests staying over so the bed is used relatively frequently. But if we don't end up traveling until the spring and take the bed out then our guests will have to sleep on the pull out couch. Alternatively if we wait then get travel dates in January then we may not have time to finish the decorating. One of the many often last minute decisions adoptive parents must make lol.

On the subject of the nursery, we are thinking of finding someone to do a mural for us. I have a number of friends who are artists but unfortunately they all live elsewhere. So I am on the look out for someone who would be willing to do this for us for a reasonable price. If anybody has any ideas please let me know. Any mural ideas would also be appreciated. So far we are thinking either a water buffalo in a rice paddy or an interpretation of a Vietnamese fairytale (yet to be narrowed down).

On the "news" front we received a small tidbit of information that the trip our agency director is taking with high school children to Vietnam from the end of December to the middle of January will not effect possible travel dates. Initially we thought the trip would effect waiting parents because the 2 in country reps would be busy with the high school group and not be able to help families. But it seems they will try and figure things out if there is a possibility of an early January G&R date. Here's hoping!

Meg