Roo's New Room

Friday night we moved Roo into his new bedroom. We made a really big deal of it and had him help us put up decorations and played in the room for a while before bed. He's been sleeping great and loves playing upstairs in his new room and playroom, so the addition seems to be a success. Here are a few pics of his new room.

You Can't Take My Doggie Away

As we've been getting the house together for our new arrival, we thought it would also be good to take Baxter to the vet and get him groomed. Yesterday morning, The Roo and I left to go to town to drop Baxter off at the vet; Daddy would use the time we're away to paint the nursery. Roo and I went in to drop Baxter off for the day. Roo, the dog lover himself, did not like the vet at all and didn't leave my side the entire time. When we left without Baxter, he burst into tears. Fast forward to much later in the afternoon. We all went back into town to pick Baxter up from the vet. Daddy stayed in the car with Roo while mommy got Baxter. Roo was very excited that Baxter was back......but we still had to take him to get groomed. We drove across town to our favorite grooming place, Barks n Bubbles and I dropped him off. As soon as I left the car with Baxter, I heard Roo break down into tears all over again. Poor little guy, was sobbing, "no, I want my doggie," "I love B."

Baxter's got a great grooming and is nice and clean now. And Roo is happy his doggie is back.

Almost Done....With The House That Is......

I promised to keep everyone updated during the addition but stuff has been going pretty smoothly so there wasn't too much to say. The tear down of the roof was a bit delayed because of the hurricanes expected 6 weeks ago, so they did most of the siding instead. Then, once the weather passed, off went the roof. And now, 6 weeks later, The Wall has come down and we're almost done with the last small details. We painted the family room a pretty seafoam green and it's really relaxing and looks so much better than it did before. We were worried we'd missed the old half valulted ceiling, but we don't at all. Roo's new room is painted a pretty blue that looks like the sky; we're just waiting for the final inspection before we move all his stuff in. The playroom will probably remain a work in progress, but the big dormer window is awesome. I'll post pictures soon of the new spaces.

As soon as we move Roo into his new room, we'll paint the baby's room and get all his stuff in there; don't worry, we got a no VOC paint and will of course let it air out before we would ever put the baby in. So, it mostly got done before we are scheduled to have the baby. But, the questions remain, when will this new little guy arrive and how much will he weigh? I'm putting my money on Tuesday (14 October) because it's a full moon (and I'm hopeful because I'm uncomfortable). And if that is the day, I say he'll be 8lbs 6oz. What's your vote?

A special thanks to Nathan for all his help this past week with the painting, electrical and trim and to Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Matt for their help today cleaning the house and help getting a lot odds and ends together and of course for keeping Baxter and The Roo entertained!

And of course, we can all have a good laugh 4 weeks from now when I'm still sitting here preggo ;)