35 Weeks

Wow!  I can't believe it's been 10 weeks since the last time I made an entry.  It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but things are just happening so fast around here. It's summer and the days go by so quickly trying to find enough time to play outside and in the pool.  I'm 35 weeks pregnant which means this baby is coming in 5-6 weeks whether we're ready or not.  For the most part, we're ready.  We've done this before so any day would be a great day for a baby.  Ryter has officially been moved into his new room and the baby has a room of his/her own so I guess that means we're ready.

Ryter turned 2 on July 14 and we had a little family party for him. He's getting so big and turning into a real live boy.  He's expressing his opinions on pretty much everything and speaking in full sentences for many things.  Every time he uses more than one word at a time I can't believe I'm actually having a conversation with this little guy and then he surprises me with more words and sometimes words I didn't intentionally teach him like "damn it".  Opps :)  Apparently he is hearing everything I'm saying, he just doesn't always choose to listen to what I'm telling him.

I had a little scare last week when he decided to climb out of his crib during nap time, come down the stairs, and out the front door.  He hasn't tried to climb out since, but I did find him in his crib one day when I left him out of it playing on the floor while I went to the bathroom.  That was interesting as well.  It looks like taking the side off of the crib is in our near future.  That's ok because lifting a 32 lb child out of a crib when you're 8 1/2 months pregnant is really difficult and I don't even want to talk about changing the sheets on a crib mattress!  Why does that process have to be more difficult than child birth?

As far as house progress goes, we've torn out our basement bathroom walls and floor to get rid of mold and asbestos we found when we had a minor toilet leak.  Turns out somebody knew about a leak and never fixed it a long time ago.  Mold?  Yuck!  Now we have a working toilet in a storage room.  It's very chic, very college housing.  Eventually it'll be a laundry and bathroom combo with actual walls, but for now we take a seat next to Christmas decorations.

 
Our upstairs bathroom got a new sliding door and the bathroom feels so much bigger now that the door doesn't swing into it! I ordered a new vanity that is much bigger and will give us counter top to use finally.  Being the only full bathroom in the house, we really need a more functional space.  There are so many criteria to having a new vanity in this bathroom and this little beauty is for sure, without a doubt in my mind, the ONLY thing out there that can be used so we can avoid custom cabinetry and a counter.  I'm so excited!

My back porch got new screens and some furniture, thanks to mom and dad, so it's liveable now too.

The front entry got a face lift by adding some cabinets and a shoe bench.  It feels so much bigger now!

As can be seen in many of the photos, things are about 7/8 finished in each and every project.  I've been so desperate for function in most of the projects around here that once they're almost complete I move on to something else that's driving me crazy.  So, Ryter is taking a big leap and going to spend 2 whole weeks with Baba and Dukas in Iowa.  It's huge for us and huge for him, but we've already started talking about it and he's very excited.  I will be able to finish up all of those loose ends while he's gone which will be a gigantic help!  When baby arrives, the house will be finished except for the big projects (bathroom and kitchen).