More Nursery Pics

After much work by Rob and Patti, the letters were finally finished and ready to hang to finish up the decorations in the nursery.






And, to complete the theme:






And just for fun, Bella trying to get into the baby's stuff.

Test Run for the stroller

We test fit the baby seat in the car today - making sure we can figure out how it works and confirming it is not smarter than us. While we were struggling with it, the puppy kept trying to get into the car seat to play with straps. Finally we threw her in the stroller. Bella seemed to like it - after her short ride, she climbed up on the chair next to the stroller and looked like she was trying to work up the courage to jump back in the stroller.

The Nursery

This was a busy weekend. With Patti's help, we did some painting, set up the crib, and generally worked on getting the nursery set up. Here's what it looks like. We aren't quite done, but, it is getting close. The hard part now is that we have to keep the door closed because Bella likes to "explore". She especially enjoys trying to get the bear out of the toy bin.

Our baby shower

some random pics

Maybe we will make o.k parents

We re-potted our nearly dead plant, and -


It's alive!

And, the green thumb must be contagious, because the plant on our patio that we had written off for dead after it lost all of its leaves and showed no signs of life for about 2 months, has survived. About 2 months ago leaves started coming back - although, only on half of it (the other half, the right side of the photo, is most certainly dead). Then this week, color:



It must be something in the water, because even Bella's hair is growing longer:

We have a wall

After nearly a month, many phone calls, the repairs are finished (we hope), and we have a wall. It was a bumpy ride though. During the repairs on the back part of the roof, they knocked our a/c out on two different occasions. Then, partway through the work, it rained and we had a water leak around the vent fan in the master bathroom. So, they had to reseal that part of the roof. Then, after they put the sheetrock up and spackled everything, it rained and the spackle was mushy. It doesn't look like they got the leak around the window (that led to the wall being torn out in the first place) done. Of course, it hasn't rained a whole lot, so, it is hard to say if all of the leaks have been taken care of. But, we have a wall. The carpet looks like it will clean up o.k., so, our next step is to paint the wall. Until then, here's what it looks like:

24 weeks

This is me at 24 weeks.