Bad time to remodel?

Kerry and I have been talking about remodeling both bathrooms for a few months. Now, not a complete remodel but new floors, new vanities, new lights and re-calking the tubs and shower. Originally Kerry was going to do most of the work but then we decided it was too much of a pain to tile the floors so we hired someone to come in for the tile work. Well, they are going to start Monday. Crazy, right? Well, we are going to pick out the tile, lights and vanity tomorrow and then the master bath will be done first. Once that bathroom is back to working, then they will do the guest bathroom.

And for the weekly baby update- still waiting! I figure that since we have scheduled this work to be done on the bathrooms that it almost guarantees I will go into labor Since there has been no change since our little adventure to the hospital two weeks ago, my doctor is letting me work part days at the office. It is actually really nice to be out of the house! And, my schedule allows me to miss all the traffic and have a 27 hour work week.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Sneaking in the recliner

Kerry has been wanting a recliner for months and after a suggestion from his physical therapist, he decided that the nursery would be a perfect spot for one. The logic was that if Baby V was having a bad night, ‘we’ could rock her in the recliner and also comfortably fall asleep in the chair if needed. After looking at gliders and rocking chairs for a nursery, I agreed to the recliner plan as long as the recliner did not look like a ‘typical’ recliner. No ugly tweedy fabric or strangely puffed up back allowed. Kerry was on a mission and when we joined Jorge and Gina furniture shopping today, he found the recliner. (This was the only link I could find to the recliner- we purchased at Belfort Furniture). We bought one and Jorge and Gina purchased two. It rocks, reclines, looks really nice and will be arriving at the beginning of February. And, now that the recliner has been strategically snuck into the house- I am assuming Kerry is volunteering for the middle of the night ‘comforting’ sessions with Baby V. Here is a preview:

We had fun furniture shopping today and Gina and I quickly noticed a trend with Jorge and Kerry since they went to every reclining piece of furniture in all the stores.

Kerry found the over-sized dining room chair for all of us to model in:

I guess the above qualifies as our 28 week picture (28 weeks and 2 days to be exact). Now, we are back at home with a nice fire and watching the football playoffs.

Nursery updates

Kerry found a great dresser on Craigslist over the weekend and it was a steal! It is an antique pine dresser that is in great condition (all the drawers work great, there are no major dings or dents and it is the perfect size).

We are going to paint it chocolate brown and replace the handles with these knobs and handles (in silver):

And, I found this cute rug that should arrive in the next few weeks!

Our animal themed (well, almost safari themed) nursery is slowly coming together! I will keep you posted on our designs.