Quick note: This post is compiled of MANY random thoughts and ideas. Sorry. :)
1) Okay, so maybe it's not a palace...but it's pretty amazing--at least it's on its way.
We started painting on Good Friday when both Danny and I were off work. The night before, we met a friend of mine from school (who is about to pop as we speak), to borrow some of their tools to put up a chair rail. Chair rail, you ask? I'm not sure what inspired the desire for a chair rail, but I knew I wanted it...really badly. I thought it would be so sweet in a little girl's room. And well, here we are. Keep in mind, Danny and I have absolutely no experience with a chair rail, much less a miter saw. Well, we gave it a shot.
We went bright and early to pick out the paint. We took the bedding with us to match the colors. This was more difficult than I expected. We ended up with a lime green for above the chair rail and a light pink below the chair rail. We spent all day painting...and talking about how we were going to have to wear sunglasses whenever we were in the room. We ended up finishing later than afternoon...and I hated it. Okay, maybe hated is a strong word. I wasn't crazy about it and was actually slightly embarrassed that I had chosen those colors together.
So the next morning, we headed back up to Home Depot to pick out a new color. The green was here to stay, but the pink had to hit the road...quickly. After much deliberation, we ended up picking a darker pink. Part of the deal was if we got a new color, my sister and I were going to have to paint it because Danny had rehearsal at our church that afternoon. (Side note: he was Jesus in our church Easter play. That might be worthy of a whole other post.) So Lexi came over at 8 and we got to work. For those of you who don't know Lexi, she does NOT wake up early. She sleeps even more than I do. Actually, a LOT more than I do. So it meant so much to me that would wake up and come early and spend the day painting her niece's room. Looks like we've got another victim wrapped around Harper's little finger. :)
We spent all day. I painted all of the pink and did lots of touch up work and Lexi spent the day on the ladder working on the ceiling edge. The day consisted of painting the wrong white paint on the ceiling, Lexi dropping her phone into the bucket of paint, and her stirring old paint with a stir stick, having the stick shatter and paint fly all over her. It was rather eventful.
At the handy stores they always try to sell the little rolling painter thing that helps paint straight edges. We have tried using this before when we first moved into our house, and Lexi was the only one who would get it to work the way it was supposed to. Once again, she did her thing and made it work. I'm so thankful for her help with that...it made a tremendous difference and the edges along the ceiling look SO much better. Thank you, Lu.
And by the way, the darker pink we bought...I am IN LOVE. It's absolutely beautiful and I couldn't be any happier. It matches the bedding perfectly. The colors just make me happy. We were slightly concerned about how it will effect the resale of our house...but we've decide that we will cross that bridge when we come to it. :) For now, we're making it pretty for our little girl. Some people will probably see the colors and want to throw up a little...but I love it. Danny says he likes it. Honestly, I think it probably gives him a headache, but he's putting a smile on and saying it's perfect.
Now onto the chair rail. This has been a learning experience. However, I will say, it has gone a lot smoother than expected. I was extremely impressed with how Danny was able to figure out the miter saw. There's a chance we had to go buy another piece or two of the chair rail...but that was to be expected. Either way, it's up now. There are a few touch ups that need to be done, but overall, I'm SO very happy with it. The part I was most nervous about was the caulking. I had a nightmare terrible
experience with caulking in the past. It ended up all over the floor, in my hair, on my face, and all over the way. I swore that I would never take part in that again. I have kept my word.
Danny had never done it before, so I was a little nervous about how it was going to work. Everyone talks about how easy it is, all you need is the caulk and a finger, yadda yadda. It's not that easy...a least not for us. With that being said, it looks great. Danny really did a fantastic job. We had to go back and touch up some of the painting around the caulk, but we expected that as well.
The furniture is in! I can't wait to get it all in the room with the bedding. This weekend I'm with Lexi to visit Texas State, so Danny and Mike (mom's fiance) are going to have a Day O' Bonding and pick up the furniture and get it set up. It will be a nice surprise when we get home on Sunday. :) Pictures to come then!
On a side note, while Lexi was sleeping when taking a break from painting, I decided to make a bow board. I wanted a place to keep all of Harper's bows and flowers to where they were easily visible and accesible. And well, let's be honest...I needed another craft project. :) I'm so happy with the way it turned out. I ended up having all of the supplies at home except for the fabric, so it ended up being incredibly cheap, that might be the best part.
2) Another touchy subject...maternity pictures. They're coming. I'm sort of dreading them. I've never been a fan of pictures of myself, but now I'm really not. I feel like a behemoth/moose/cow. I know, I know, I'm growing a beautiful little baby inside me which is causing me to get bigger. That still doesn't change the fact that when I see myself, I hear "Baboom!" in the background. I've debated for the past few months whether or not to do maternity pictures. I reason we are going through with them is because I know it's something that I'll regret not having. I want to have something to document the time right before this sweet little girl comes to join us.
With that being said, I'm in the process of making a banner (with her name) for us to hold in some of the pictures. As I'm typing this, I'm realizing that having a banner in pictures sounds really strange. However, I've seen some really cute pictures with banners, so that's what we're going for. I'm really happy with how it's turning out so far. Almost done. I'll post pictures when I'm done.
I'm also making/painting/decopage-ing wooden blocks with her name as well. This idea came from many cute maternity pictures as well. We'll see how it all turns out. Even if they aren't great for the pictures, we can still use them in her room. :)
Bow Board that will hang inside one of the closet doors.
3) I am SO incredibly thankful for having such an easy pregnancy thus far. Yes, sleeping is uncomfortable, but I expected that a long time ago. I haven't felt sick at all--thank you Lord. However, several weeks ago, I started getting a pain in my tailbone. It gradually got worse and then one day it was excruciating. It started in my tailbone and shot down through my right butt cheek into my right leg. I have never felt pain like this. There were times that I couldn't move. I would go to sit down and it would hurt so badly that I would have to stand back up. I would just fall into the car because it hurt too much to lean down to get in. I can't even describe how terrible it felt. After a few days of horrific pain, I called a chiropractor. I've known so many people who absolutely swear by chiropractors. "They work miracles, they erased all pain I've ever felt, etc." I've never bought into this. I gave in and called because I didn't know how I was going to be able to continue for the next three months in this kind of pain.
I called on Monday and went in on Tuesday. He did an adjustment and a fancy massage. He had me schedule an appointment for two days later. To be honest, I don't even remember what he said it was, I just wanted it fixed, immediately. He said that it was similar to the sciatic nerve, but I don't remember the name he used. He mentioned that it would probably take 6-8 treatments for me to get rid of all the pain. Sign me up.
I left that appointment feeling a little better, but the next day, it was back. I went to my appointment that Thursday and they did the same thing. He had me schedule another appointment.
I'm SO thankful to say that after my appointment on Thursday, I had a little bit of pain on Friday, but other than that, I have no had even the tiniest bit of pain since then. Thank you Lord! I am completely amazed at what he was able to do. I suppose you could say I've bought into the chiropractor craze. For now, I'm just continuing to pray that I'm healed.
Speaking of being healed...my feet need some attention. They have been swelling like two little blimps. They have been HUGE. It was becoming normal for them to swell during the day, but when I woke up in the morning, they were back to normal. Now, they are still swollen in the morning. One of my little girls at school ask, "Why is that baby making your feet fat?" I was getting a pedicure with my mom and the nail lady asked, "You fat feet, you have baby?" Why yes I am, thank you. I've added a couple pictures for your entertainment. One of them my feet look all morphed. They aren't. It's just from sandals I was wearing. My feet decided they wanted to puff outside of the straps.
The first thing anyone says when they see my feet, "Oh my gosh, how's your blood pressure?!" Fortunately, God is taking care of me. :) I take my blood pressure every day, even when they are extremely swollen...and my BP has been on the very low side every single day. I'm so grateful for that because if it was high, this mama would be on bed rest. No thank you!
Check out those cankles!
4) Last thing...we're in the final stages of making a decision on daycare for next fall. I'll be going back to work mid-October and I'm already not looking forward to it. I'm excited because I'm moving to second grade and many of you know that it's my dream to teach the little kiddos, so I'm getting closer. However, I have a feeling I'm not going to want to leave that little girl with someone else.
This process has been so much harder than I expected it to be. We have it narrowed down to two people, both in-home daycares. I know we would be really happy and blessed with either of them, but we have to make a decision. Tonight we went through and made a list of the good and bad things about each. Fortunately, there were very few negative things. We pretty much ended up leaning toward the one that had more positives than the other. We haven't made the final decision yet, but we're getting close.
I'm going to visit both of them last this week to see their set-up, etc. I'm hoping that will make the final decision a little easier. I've been told that when you find the right place, you'll know. That's what I'm hoping for.
In the mean time, please pray that we end up going with the right lady. They both seem wonderful and we are so blessed to have two incredible people to choose from. However, we can only pick one, and we've got to choose the one that's better for us. I'm struggling with the fact that I'm going to have to tell one of them no. I dread that. So please pray for peace and confidence in our decision.
This post was a random assortment of stuff. Can you tell I've got a million things on my mind?
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