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Jazz Festival

Today we ventured out to the Cathedral Park Jazz festival with our friends Joe and Jennifer. The park is situated under the the St. John’s bridge, which as you see in the photos provides a cathedral like setting. The weather started out overcast and ominous in the morning, but since it is Portland, we waited a few hours and it cleared up nicely in the afternoon to the low 80s with a nice breeze to keep things pleasant. Our picnic feast included exotic cheese spreads, crackers, fried chicken, cherries and double fudge brownies. The jazz music and park setting provided a relaxing ambiance to just sit back and relax while we chatted.

Adoption update and our child’s room

We just completed the interview stage of the adoption process. Our new adoption clinician, Jennifer, interviewed us individually last week. And today she visited our home for a group interview. Little Man felt it was his duty to supervise the entire proceeding. Like any good supervisor he was constantly interrupting us… either begging Jennifer to pet him or chewing on our paperwork. While we were giving a tour of the child’s room, Little Man actually sat on Jennifer’s foot.

Speaking of the child’s room, we seem to be going with a white and blue color theme. We figured it was a nice neutral base to build upon depending on the child’s gender and interests. In terms of accessories and artwork we seem to be leaning towards animals. Especially happy elephants. If you look closely at the bookcase you will see a line of elephants that we have collected over the years.