Dress up

Oh sometimes we play dress up with mom's clothes and read books.

Before Kitchen Flooring

Jenny the dog demonstrating the effectiveness of the dog/baby gate. 

We painted the floors of the downstairs, except the kitchen because that floor was scheduled to come within a week of moving back in.  Behind Tim you can see the pot rack, pendant lights and speaker wires hanging from the ceiling. The pot rack will be above the stove top in the kitchen island. 

To the left you can see the make-shift half door Tim built so that Attison doesn't go down in the basement.  The door has been ordered but will take a few weeks to come in. 

Here is our temporary kitchen/laundry/bar sink set up.  There will be cabinets along the wall under the window and an 18" bar sink in the counter where the laundry sink currently is.  This area will serve as a "coffee bar."  The sink for that area is probably a little overkill, which I didn't realize until it arrived and I opened it and realized just how big an 18" sink actually is. The price was right though, so we're going to go with it.
Also, you can see Tim's cup hanging from the pot rack.

A loves to wander around the big, open layout!

Hot mittens!

Attison plays in the downstairs a few weeks ago.

This was before the switch covers and return grilles were installed. 

Playing on the roll of kitchen flooring with his Highlights Magazine

This guy...

Bird, tow truck, fire truck

Elizabeth and I were downstairs while A played this morning.  He randomly decided he'd put the bird in the tow truck (that is a part of the car transporter), put the tow truck on the steering wheel of the firetruck, and then stand back and look at it. 

 

Then this afternoon we hung some book shelves and pictures in Attison's big kid room (which he won't move into for a few months).

And last but not least, we had the sleepy haha's before nap time and got lots of cute giggles before snuggling up for a nap. 

Baby watch 2014

Today, Attison is still an only child.

Here are 10 facts about baby watch 2014, because we've kind of been keeping you in the dark.

1. The due date is set for the end of February.  I, for very specific reasons, believe that to be inaccurate and think the due date is a bit sooner. Either way, we are officially "in the window" (39-42 gestational weeks) to deliver full term any day.

2. We are also eligible for delivery at the midwife center since both baby and mama are healthy.

3. We've had 2 false starts.  That's right, t-w-o. Long, strong, consistent contractions that were painful, woke me up from sleep each time. Then....nothing. Slowed down, decreased in intensity and no baby.

3b. This past Saturday night we actually went into the midwife center for a few hours and they confirmed that I was indeed in labor, but since it wasn't progressing I should go home and rest for a bit.  So we did...and labor itself went on hiatus.

4.  I've been having "Braxton Hicks" contractions for weeks. I've been getting groped by waitresses for weeks. I'm sooooo pregnant.  Some people let me cut in line for fear that my water might break on their groceries.  The next person to assure me I'm having twins is getting punched in the uterus.

5. We have our bags packed, car seat in the car, insanely detailed instructions on how to spend a day with Attison, as well as all of his emergency information and back up emergency information in the event that while giving birth Tim and I both also fall of the face of the earth.

6. We have a skilled and loving team of 5 faux "aunts and uncles" who will babysit and/or sleepover with A until Grandma Linda gets here from McCbg to take over. (We've already had 2 semi-practice runs at this, and it worked like a charm both times.)

7. I can't tell you how many people have said "So when are you due?' and when I reply "Oh, any day now." They say "No, when are you DUE?" like it is a scheduled kitchen cabinet delivery (which happens to be Thursday from 8 am-2 pm.)

8. For all intents and purposes, I am fine. I am resting, but I am also continuing to do things, but not paint from a ladder, because, well, I can't reach (or see) the paint.  I did paint Attison's room this week though, with a roller. Yes, we used paint with low VOC and the room was well ventilated.  Simply because those are intelligent things to do for all people, not just those of us who are 9 months pregnant.  Plus now it looks like an actual room with 4 walls, not half a room that someone built a wall down the middle of and threw up a volcano of cleaning supplies into.

9. Yes we have a name.  No we aren't telling you.  We are pretty sure that you'll think it is lovely.

10.  This baby is big.  At 33 weeks an ultrasound estimated him to be 7# 2 oz. At 38 weeks another ultrasound estimated him to be 8# 10 oz. (We had 2 ultrasounds recently to make sure the baby was big and healthy and there weren't other complications.  Just a big healthy baby. Did I mention he is big??)

I don't have a picture of A and I, since I'm almost always the one behind the camera. But here is a picture of me, demonstrating to Tim why I wasn't painting the laundry room, even though I would really like it to be finished.

I'm only on the 2nd step of a 4' step ladder, and I'm holding on tight.  Have no fear, we're safe.

Pose for demonstration purposes only. 

A & J Read and Play

I took 2 short videos and made one long video with a wicked transition in the middle.  Oh the wonders of the internets.