A work in progress

We closed on our old house the beginning of June and moved in with my in-laws to begin working on our new house.  Projects always take longer than planned, but we are hoping to start moving into our house this weekend.  We still have work to do, but I am getting anxious to see my furniture and dishes again.  

Thus far we have: 

taken up flooring

scraped ceilings

removed wallpaper

put up bead board

textured

painted

taken out a wall and added doors

replaced doors

painted a bit more

tiled

replaced appliances

had countertops installed

We still have to:

paint the utility room, master bedroom and master bathroom

have flooring installed and carpet laid... in progress

replace light fixtures

install canned lighting

paint the outside

trim trees and bushes

replace windows

We are on the homestretch.  

The home is slowly beginning to have appeal and we are really excited to move in and make it our own.  It's been a fun, busy, encouraging, discouraging, crazy project.  

...summing up the summer of 09'.

Can you believe...

this is the last full week of June? Where is the summer going? Please slow down and stay awhile, Mr. Warm Weather. 

Noah started his first Vacation Bible School this week.  It is only three days, but he has had a great time.  When I took him into the room with all of the big kids, he was so nervous.  I was fighting the lump in my throat the entire time.  I looked at all of the other moms chatting and appearing to be so light hearted about the entire thing and forced myself not to cry until I got to my car.  Noah was so brave and it made me realize how much he reminds me of myself in new settings.  He would never let me know how hard it was for him, but his face told it all.  He tries so hard to protect me by being brave and happy.  

Brad has been off all week and this is how he and Kayt have spent their mornings.  She is such a daddy's girl! He has also been really busy working on our house.  As I type, he is there tiling one of the bathrooms.  He has been so helpful and I've loved not having to meet all of the random people at the house throughout the day.  I am hoping we can spend a day or two enjoying his week off, free of work.  But we are also getting really anxious to get settled in our new home, so we are working hard.  We are staying with my wonderful in-laws right now. They have been so great to let us bombard their schedules and space.  

And here is the baby bump at 15 weeks.  It's a funny angle, but I promise it is there.  I am beginning to feel better and have a bit more energy.  It came at a great time since we spent all of last weekend painting our house. If I could only make it to the gym, I would be a happy camper.  

Because June is halfway over...

I want to blog. 

I really do.

But each time I sit down, my brain says, "uhhhhhhhhhh." 

And that's all I get. 

Nothing else. 

Right now I'm thinking, "It's Wednesday." 

And that's all I got. 

I would show pictures, but I can't seem to remember to buy a new battery so my camera is dead. 

Therefore, I have no new pictures. 

Not a cute picture.

Not a creative thought. 

Not an interesting thought. 

Not even a complete thought. 

And before I know it, I forget why I'm sitting down and I fall asleep.

That's what you have been missing out on in my life. 

Thank you and goodnight. 

The 4-1-1

on the baby news.

I am twelve weeks along (and some change) and due mid-ish December.  Our very own early Christmas gift!

I'm not feeling too hot. I mean, some days are better than others. Heck, some hours are better than others, but I'm sure that having two little ones, packing, moving, re-doing a house and preparing to be at high school camp next week may also have something to do with the sleepy, nauseated feeling that keeps coming over me.  I've found a new friend in Zophran.   

We were not planning this pregnancy. In fact, we were planning to not have a pregnancy for at least another year, but here we are.  God knows us and we are really excited to expand our family tree again.  It's amazing how a little life begins to stir so much excitement inside of you so quickly.  

Due to early 'issues' (we will call them) that God healed, I have had several sonograms and there is ONE baby. Yes, one.  And not that I am biased, but it's a cute little freak (please hear my sincere love and affection when I say 'freak'). It flails his/her arms and waves like mad each time I look at the screen. I love that little nugget. 

Every time we have bought a new house I have been pregnant. I DO know that there are better ways of getting out of painting, but why change what's worked, ya know? Kidding.  

This will more than likely be our last baby. Not 100% guaranteed since we've yet to control that aspect of our life, but again... more than likely.  With that said, you may get more baby pictures/tracking/progress than you would like.  Just roll your eyes, click the red X on the top left corner of your screen and carry on with your day.  Kidding again.  Just humor me for six more months.

Now....

I need your help.

I have to come up with a good color for our den by THIS weekend. I need help finding a good, neutral color. It doesn't have to be beige, I'm open to other colors, but it needs to be fairly light. The room has no natural lighting (yuck) and I want to keep it as open and fresh as possible.  

So lemme have em'. Please give me the color name and brand. 

My brain is working a bit slower than normal and I just cannot seem to find anything that catches my attention.  Hence, I need YOU!

From the mouths of my babes...