Move In & Out Day

Today we are moving the office out of the second bedroom upstairs to make way for the nursery for our "Little Stinker." Then the two new bedrooms downstairs are finished and ready to move in, so we'll be setting up our new office down there and our spare bedroom.

We have a little bit of painting to do in the nursery that we hope to do in the coming weeks with some help from Grandpa Raterink - we're thinking bright apple green. It's downstairs in a bathroom already, and we both really like it, so we're bringing it upstairs. A fun and distinctive color for our little guy - purposeful as my friend Jo put it. We're only painting two walls, so don't freak out those of you that prefer the pastels. I think it will be quite cool. This week we also plan to do some work on the inside of the closet: adding some shelves and changing the hanging set-up. Nursery furniture won't arrive until March, so we have some time.

The rest of my family arrives home today, so we are looking forward to seeing all of them. My sister and her husband get home today from their Hawaii Honeymoon, and my parents were gone too in the Florida Keys. We're looking forward to hearing about both their trips. They certainly will return to a winter wonderland here. I've had three snow days in the last two weeks.

Have a great weekend! Around here it's a perfect one for outdoor winter activities. Too bad most of them are off limits for me. I know Jon would really like to be snowboarding or snowmobiling.