I forgot to mention that we had our 20 week ultrasound a few weeks ago. I was hoping he’d be measuring 14 days ahead (b/c my mid-wife will only move the due date if he’s showing 14 days off, one way or the other). No such luck. He actually measured 5 days behind. Darn. The ultrasound did go well, though, and he looked healthy after all the measurements were taken and body parts inspected. We even got some video clips of him. I’ll see how technically savvy I am and try to upload them. (Don’t hold your breath!)
This week, we (and when I say “we,” I mean Brook) put together the crib that my parents so generously bought us a few weeks ago. The “nursery” was our office / guest room, so we had to do something with the bed that was in there. We decided to sell it on craigslist and it was sold within 8 hours. I mean picked up and money exchanged in 8 hours! I am loving craigslist right now! Now, we just have to do something with the desk when the basement is finished (see below for that!) Anywho, it’s exciting to watch things slowly come together in his room. The walls are tan and we decided to keep them that way, b/c . . . well, quite frankly, neither of us likes to paint. Tan works. I received the beautiful, handmade baby blanket shown in the picture below from the wife of one of my co-workers earlier this week. (His wife!) Talk about surprised – I definitely was! People are so kind.
We have been throwing around the idea of finishing half of our basement for awhile now and finally pulled the trigger a few weeks ago. Initially, we weren’t going to do it right away, b/c we have plenty of space on our main level. BUT we are going to have a roommate beginning in the fall. Hannah is going to live with us while she attends school. This is a HUGE, awesome benefit for us, since she will also be watching the baby 2 days / week and I get to see my sister a ton! So, we wanted to create a space that was her own. Half of the basement will remain storage / laundry / utility and the other half will have a rec room, bedroom and full bath. Brook’s dad is kindly donating his time to the project and started this week. My vision for the space (rec room, at least) is shown below, but with carpet instead of the wood floors.
