Nursery Ideas

So for some reason I have that excitement again about researching and blogging like there is no tomorrow. I have to admit I have been a little down the last few weeks because I was invited to a baby shower. Now usually I dont EVER attend any baby showers or anything that has to do with a baby, but I had to this time because it was a close friend. Not only did I agree to attend but I even decorated!!! For me that was a HUGE step. Needless to say I didnt attend the actual shower but I had the satisfaction of decorating. I was pretty proud of myself.

 So anyway today for some reason im motivated again! I can only hope it means that my God given "womans intuition" is kicking in and we will be recieving a phone call very very soon that we have been matched! Anyway in all this excitement it has led me to begin thinking about nursery ideas. So I think I have found the one! I hope to start hitting up all the local thrift and antique stores for the furniture that I can transform by the weekend. I am excited to see how this all goes since im not the most creative person.

We have a region!!!!

So we were finally told where our little one is coming from, drum roll please........Putumayo, Cololmbia! We have known for about 3 weeks now so I have been doing research like crazy on this region and from what I have found it is a very indigenous and dangerous region.  A little scary but I have no question in my mind that the lord knows what he is doing. Anyway here is some info and pictures of this region.

The Putumayo department is located in south-western part of Colombia, in the Amazon region, sharing limits with Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is the city of Mocoa.

The topography in the department’s western most area, near NariNo and Cauca, is mountainous, with the Eastern Mountain Range crossing its territory and creating heights of up to 3800 mts. Here we can find all kinds of climate, from warm to “PARAMO”.

The most important peaks are the Patascoy and the Putumayo. The rest of the Putumayo territory though, is mostly flat with some hills, closer to the typical amazonic landscape, with warm weather and high precipitation rate.

Putumayo also has a rich river network, including the following rivers: Putumayo, Caqueta, Orito, San Miguel, San Juan, PiNuNa, Mecaya, Sencella, Mulato, Sabilla, Rumiyaco, Blanco, Caiman, Concepcion, Mocoa, and many smaller ones.

In the Putumayo department there is still some indigenous groups which have survived the Spanish conquer and the rubber boom exploitation.
In the Putumayo, lovers of ecotourism can find the the La Paya Natural National Park, with a great fauna and flora biodiversity.

Putumayo is divided in 13 municipalities, being the most known its capital Mocoa, as well as Puerto Asis, Puerto Leguizamo, San Francisco, Sibundoy and Orito.

The principal economic activities in the region are agriculture, cattle ranching and oil extraction.