I thought I would do a little documenting of how the Burtrams have been rolling lately.
Currently, we are in "repaint the whole house" mode. This comes after "remodel the front bathroom" mode and will immediately be followed by "massive yard sale" and "install new carpet" mode. Since the painters are working in every room, ALL furniture, in EVERY room is pushed to the middle of the room. So, it looks a little something like this around here...
Here is our living room. Sam wakes up each morning, smacks his hand to his forehead, and declares, "Aw man, it's still a mess. No Thomas on TV...again."
Here's a look at the nursery. We are expecting baby Lucy in a mere 4 weeks, and here's what we've got so far. My mom tries to comfort me by saying, "It's all going to be fine. All she needs really is some food and a place to sleep." Well, I'm 0 for 2. There is a crib in there somewhere; I just can't find it right now, and who knows where the baby bottles are in all this! Hang on Lucy. Give Momma Spring break to work on getting you a place to sleep little one. As much as I can't wait to see that sweet little face, we are praying for an on-time delivery, and not a moment before.
This is the "boys room." We bought bunk beds to accomodate Ethan, Evan, and Sam in this room. Said furniture is currently still on the back porch waiting for a nice day to be painted and brought inside. Spring is a fine time to be needing to paint outside, just not this spring. It's been rainy and unseasonably cold and not very favorable in helping to get our furniture ready for the cool, new boy's room we had invisioned.
This may be one of my favorite "transition" pictures. This is our bedroom. Please notice all the furniture pushed together where the only entry onto the bed is from the footboard. It is generally frowned upon to do such creative acrobatics to get in bed at this stage in pregnancy, but I do what I have to do.
Since there is no television watching or playing going on in the living room (or anywhere really), we have convinced Sam that watching movies on Mommy's computer while laying in our bed is "camping." Turns out, the kid loves our new camping arrangement and is content to "camp" whenever needed. Just another reason why I love him so very much.
And, who is the hero in this home improvement hurricane? My sweet husband, who moves and shifts everything by himself. He studies for school by lamplight each night in his desk chair that now sits by our bed while Sam and I sleep beside him. He coordinates all the painters schedules (in Spanish, might I add), makes breakfast for Sam each morning and takes him to school while I work.
He's superhuman really. I've married a super hero.
But, spring break is coming, and it's my turn. Once all this big stuff is done, I get to go into "organize and nest" mode and put everything in place. I have never looked forward to a week of cleaning so much in my life. I can't wait to see it all complete, put back together, organized and ready to welcome our newest member.
