Basement Renovations

With a baby on the way, I am starting to complete all of my pending "To-Do's".  First on the list, carpet the basement.  Our living room upstairs is very small, and we weren't utilizing the space in the basement as much as we could have been, at least I didn't think we were.  So I took over Bryan's "man-cave" and carpeted it.  Which led to rearranging, which led to WAY more space to use, which led to a happy Lindsey, and one more thing checked off my list!

Here is what the basement looked like shortly after we moved in.

Here is what our new family room looks like!

Much thanks to Bryan, my Dad, my Grandpa, and my Uncle Allen for dry-walling off the stairs last Saturday so we could get the carpet laid.  And much thanks to my Mom & Grandma for moving all of my storage shelves to the utility room.  And much thanks to the nice guys who installed the carpet.  And much thanks to Bryan, his brother & his parents for moving all of the big things back into the basement.  I think I will spend more time down here now.  I wonder if Bryan will like that or not? I wonder what my house will look like when my nesting instinct really kicks in?!  I wonder when my Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls will be done?

We also had to get the bar ready for the season premiere of Mad Men tonight, and for when Uncle Riet comes to visit.  Isn't that just a beautiful sight.  My mouth is watering.  I'm going to drink tea out of one of my low ball glasses tonight so I can feel like Don Draper.

Baby Katana update time!  We have made it to 16 weeks & my tummy is starting to itch.  I don't know if it's because I am lathering on the cocoa butter like it's my job, or if my skin is slowly starting to stretch.  In the next couple of weeks, the baby will double in weight and add inches.  Right now we have an avocado (I just love that BabyCenter compares the baby to fruits & veggies), and he/she is about 4.5 inches long and 3.5 ounces.  Things are going well.  I am still tired towards the end of each day, but I can proudly say I made it through The Descendants on Thursday night (over 2 hours!), and it is a great movie by the way. But then last night I fell asleep about 30min into The Muppets.  But I finished it this morning (pretty cute movie).  

Welp, my bulimic cat just christened my carpet (for the 2nd time).  Better wrap this up.  Clearly the fact that she hasn't been fed yet is upsetting her.  

Have a good week everyone!

150

What does 150 mean, you ask?  No, it is not how long I left something in the oven. That was our baby's heartbeat this week! So....is it a girl or boy? My brother, Dr. Adam, who specializes in heart rates, thinks it could go either way. The old wives tale says anything over 140 is a girl.  I think at the end of April we find out for sure. Until then, I'm taking guesses!! 


Speaking of leaving something in the oven. I left these puppies in for only 8 minutes this time! And they were damn good!

I feel just like Sarah!

Another exciting thing that happened this week - we found our daycare provider. She is a very nice woman who has been doing this for 27 years. We got a good gut feeling about her. You can tell she really loves what she does, and loves the kiddos she watches. And the extra bonus, she lives just down the street from us. And the extra, extra bonus, Bryan and I don't have to get second jobs delivering pizzas at night to afford it!!! I am glad to get that task marked off my To Do list. Now I can move on to the other 999,999 things I have left to conquer.  


We've made it to 14 weeks! Sometimes it feels like time is dragging, then I think that I am 3 months pregnant, and I don't know where the time has gone. The baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his/her thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his/her facial muscles are getting a workout as his/her tiny features form one expression after another. The baby stretches out to about 3.5 inches long, about the size of a lemon, and weighs about 1.5 oz. I can't wait until I start feeling those flutters!  

I came home this weekend to go to the Friday fish fry at St. Thomas. My dad is a member of the Philo Knights of Columbus and helps cook up the fish each Friday night. I told him it was pretty good, but no filet 'o fish ;-).  It was so cool to be back in the school I went to for 8 years. Many good memories came flooding back. I saw my old 3rd/4th grade teacher, the old basketball coach, lots of family members. It was good to be home. I miss that town.


I would just like to note that it is after 10pm on a Friday night, and I am still awake. That is a pretty big accomplishment for me. I feel like I'm in college again!








Until next time, my friends.