The Nursery

So we started painting this weekend. By we, I mean Dan.  :)  Our plan was to get started as early as possible on Saturday and work the whole day through. Out of everything we had planned the 3 days that I was off of work, I was by far the most excited about this adventure! Unfortunately, things do not always go as planned and this was no exception. We didn't get started until late into the afternoon, but none the less, it was started. AND I was kicked out of the painting process by Dan and Momo. Not something I had planned on, but I gave in and let Dan have the pleasure. Here are our before pictures. Not much to see yet but some white walls. It was really difficult to capture good angles in this room because it is so small. So here's the best I could get.

This is the far left corner of the room if you are standing in the doorway. It's the only window in the room.

This is the view if you are standing by the window looking at the doorway. :) Pretty straight forward. The door on the right is our little man's closet, which is still needing to be cleaned out.

No we are not painting our white walls white! :) Although it looks very light, it is a medium gray. We love it. It turned out beautiful!

So here is our master painter Larry (grandpa) teaching Dan how to properly paint. As you can see, Dan is intently listening.

This is the first paint stroke in baby boy's room!!! YAY!!

Dan getting ready to test his newly found skills.

BAM! Dan's first paint stroke!!

This is the day after. Dan was able to finish one wall. We lost sunlight early since we started so late. :(  Dan made sure to do it all himself. He wants to know how to paint, so he needed the practice. He said it's a lot harder than he thought it was. Larry was very patient with him and gave lots of good pointers. It looks amazing! I think we may have another master painter in the making!

Although it is still early, I am having some crazy nesting tendencies. I have been cleaning all kinds of things in the house. Everywhere I look there is always one more thing to add to the list to clean or organize. This past Thursday after we spent hours at Babies R Us registering (which we stopped because my feet were throbbing and Dan's previously mentioned panic attack,) I came home and did literally 9 loads of laundry. I cleaned out the entire laundry room and reorganized my closet. I also tackled one kitchen drawer reorganization as I was getting ready to go to bed because it was getting on my nerves. I told a friend at work that coming into work lately has been my "off time" and being off from work has been my "work time". It is the truth. It is to the point where I feel like work is getting in the way of my life. Or at least how I want to spend my days.  Dan and I pack so much into my days off it is ridiculous. We are constantly running all day, and night. That Thursday cleaning fit kept me up until 4am! I don't mind at all though. I really enjoy doing things for this baby. I love it actually. I was folding towels on my belly. =) I have so many aspirations for the house, so it will be perfectly prepared for when this little one comes. This is me being realistic, I know that when he gets here I won't be able to get anything done. I would rather work now and relax later, instead of him being here and me feeling like I have all these projects I want to tackle. I have a long to do list, and I am really hopeful that I will get them done. I may have to enlist some help from certain aunts, uncles and grandparents though! ;) Thankfully we are surrounded by a wonderful community of family and friends that I know will be there for us in any way that they can. Dan and I are both so very grateful for that. So that's what's happening on the homefront. We are planning on purchasing our crib set this week with the help of Nana and Papa. We will post pictures as soon as the nursery is finished being painted and the crib is set up! These are exciting times!!  XOXOXOXOX