Nursery Progress

This whole having a baby thing is quickly becoming reality.  It has taken a while to really hit home, but man, has it hit us both lately.  We had started clearing out the former office, but were taking our time.  Well, this weekend, we got busy.  After finishing clearing it out, we...actually Andrew...all Andrew (I did very little) painted and put together the dresser!  We plan to get the crib out of the attic this week.  My hope is that when Mom and Dad leave on Sunday, it is a complete nursery ready for this wild child.

Before paint -

During the painting...

 Andrew and his supervisor putting together the dresser.  We have a gray nursery!  No more yellow/gold!

The supervisor fell asleep on the job.  Actually, this was in protest to him being told that he is not allowed in the nursery.  He has a major shock coming, poor guy.

 Finished!!

And just so I won't forget - that dresser came in 50 million pieces.  The only thing that didn't require assembly was the top.  Everything else required some assembly.  It took Andrew 4 hours...non-stop...whew!

Thanksgiving and Christmas

Rather than doing a huge recap - I'm posting pictures and calling it a day.  We did make it to Georgia for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Once I get more pictures from my side of the family, I will post them.

 Tucker watched the entire movie - exactly like this.  Refused to move.  Would not respond to us.  We even told him we were going to Bop's - no response.  Not right - we are aware.

 Poor Steven - he went home and this is what his brother and sister did to his deer.  Andrew and Brandy - one day Steven will get you back for all the jokes, tricks, etc you have pulled on him. 

Tucker isn't spoiled at Grandma's.  Not even the slightest bit.  Yeah, right.

FYI - 6 hours in the car at 29 weeks really doesn't do much to help swelling.  Just a word of advice.

This sweetness also happened while in Georgia over Christmas...

Faces

The faces in this series of pictures is just too funny not to post.  Please notice how John and Elizabeth make the same face at the same time.

Love. Pure Love.

Watching these two together just melts my heart.  They love each other. 

Painting

I decided that our house really needed to be repainted several years ago, but continued to wait until the timing was right.  The time finally came and I took on the challenge of picking out paint colors that a) I like and b) are "market easy" meaning we don't have to repaint before listing the house.  Anyway, I had always thought that the house was still the original paint from when it was constructed.  During the painting adventure, we discovered that I was right!  After 7 years, the builder's choice had served its purpose.

Now, I would be very mistaken if I did not express our gratitude and appreciation to my father-in-law.  Y'all, only two months into retirement he spent an entire week painting our house.  Yep, that's right - one person, one week, one house.  We are incredible lucky and extremely appreciative of the work he did.  We keep joking with him that when his "play money" runs low, he should start painting on the side.

In case you really want to know (and I know you don't), but all paint colors are Sherwin Williams...Sky High in our bathroom, Kilim Beige in the bedroom, and Sagey (at 120%) in the rest of the house.

Greats

Grandmama and Granddaddy are in Texas visiting their great-grandchildren this week.  While they don't get around like they once did, they unlike many, aren't afraid to hop on a plane if it means time with John and Elizabeth.

Sister sent us these pictures the other night and I can't help but share.  They warmed my heart.

I can assure you that come March they will be first in line behind our parents to hold their newest great-grandchild.

Payback

Tucker has a love for socks like nothing else in this world, except maybe Bop's.  He knows the sound of Andrew's sock drawer opening...he can sniff out socks (clean ones even) from the living room to our bedroom.  The problem with this love is that he also tries to take them off your feet while you are first putting them on, asleep on the sofa, cooking dinner...anytime.  No sock is safe around Tucker.

So while cleaning out his sock drawer this weekend, Andrew found a few pairs that had holes (thanks to Tucker) and decided to give them to him.  I had a different idea - I decided that since he loved socks so much and really loved taking everyone's socks off that he should get the chance to take his own socks off...

He obviously did not agree with me that this should be fun.  Andrew and I rolled laughing while watching him figure out how to take the socks off.  It only took 5 minutes and he had those suckers off and hidden so I couldn't play this mean trick on him again.

To anyone that has ever had their socks removed or taken from their suitcase, you are welcome and sorry you missed the entertainment.