Short Timeline and Getting Ready Post

I've been doing most of the shopping. But I got a funny call from my husband today.

"Please, please, talk me out of buying this $200 table that's shaped like a train."

I was able to talk him out of it.

We bought our plane tickets yesterday. We'll be visiting towards the end of this month. Then his caseworker will take Sunny on a weekend visit here. Then, by the end of spring break, he'll move in permanently, with adoption tentatively scheduled in six months.

His foster mom says that Sunny's looking forward to moving somewhere warm where he can play outside more. She says they've been talking about his adoption, and although he doesn't fully understand it, he has some idea. As their conversation goes, he'll miss her (but she'll still be in his life as a relative) and his friends (but he'll make new ones). She says he isn't really that confused by the fact that he's going to have a new "mom" and "dad", because the other young children in the house often have multiple moms and dads.

I'm planning on taking two weeks maternity leave. Since we need to get him back in school as soon as possible, there's no point in taking more (I think). I can use those two weeks to work on appointments: therapists, pediatricians, school. Then I'll go on a reduced schedule for a month, so that I leave at 3pm and help my husband with after-school stuff until our routine starts to settle down.