Number 2 of the Year - better than only 1 per year!

So in an effort to stay on top of this blogging, I feel like if I make it a habit, maybe it will stick. Since it's only been a week since my last post, there hasn't been too much that has happened in our lives. We are continually working to get the house ready for the baby. Last weekend we finished up the guest bedroom. We painted, steam cleaned, set up the new furniture, etc. The only thing missing is a bedside lamp. The room doubles as Grant's room with the XBox - meaning if you come to visit, you have a nice flat panel to look forward to! Those were the perks of working at Samsung back in the day! :-)


Right now everything that we have for the nursery is in the hallway/dining room at our house as I am planning on starting to paint this weekend while Grant stays busy studying. We are doing a vanilla cream on the upper part of the wall and ceiling, putting up a chair rail and then painting a green color that matches the bedding on the bottom half of the wall. We don't have black furniture and won't do a black chair rail, but this is the bedding and kind of the look we are going for (sans the border at the top). We got a great deal on the bedding online as it came with everything pictured (15 pieces - valances, mobile, lamp shade, everything!) for $130 including tax and shipping. For baby bedding that is a steal for something that is nice and quilted and has detailed embroidery versus appliqued images. Most of the other sets I saw were over $150 for just the comforter, sheet, dust ruffle, and bumper. Then all of the accessories were sold separately! It's amazing how crazy the markup is on baby stuff. I feel really lucky that we have gotten the baby furniture and other items so cheap on Craigslist.

We are still trying to figure out Grant's schooling - he has a call in to the TAA coordinator for our area, but everything is so slow moving due to the bureaucratic nightmare. We are planning on going to talk to an advisor at one of the schools he is looking into next week after his next Anatomy and Physiology test in order to figure out how many hours exactly from his Associates Degree at TSTC will be able to transfer. We've been told that if we have everything in order degree plan wise when we finally meet with the TAA coordinator, it will go much more smoothly. If you think about it - please keep this in your prayers - both figuring out the degree plan and for them to accept the maximum number of credits AND for everything to go smoothly with the TAA Coordinator.

I got back to swimming this week (I had taken about a 4 week hiatus during year end busyness at work) and it felt so good to be back in the pool. I did find it a little strange doing flip turns being pregnant and I'm sure Claire was wondering what the heck I was doing, but I felt so refreshed after I worked out. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long after having her to be able to be back in the pool.

I'm not sure who all reads this - but thanks to those of you who do keep up with it. It's nice to know that someone may be interested.