SO. We have a house!

And it's great!  But boy does it need some work.  And we've done most of that work already, which is good, because we move in ten days!

I don't really know where to begin with the pictures.  So far, I have 112 pics of what it looked like when we bought it, and the progress we've made.  And as we're not fully done in any of the rooms, I can't show any "finalized" before and afters yet.  I'm putting that in quotes because people say you're never finished with your house until you're ready to sell it.  Sigh. 

However, that's life, and updating a 1950 house does not come with a before and after button.  Nope.  It's not a 20 minute HGTV episode either.  It takes hours and hours and days and days and decisions and money and messes and deciding whoever made wallpaper was evil and whoever decided plaster was a good idea wasn't too smart either, and then more money than your contractor said.  And cracks in your fingers because your heat will stop working because you left the heat off and one of the workers turned it on overnight to 85* and it stopped working.  So it'll be 40* in your house and you will wash your paintbrushes in warm water and your finger will crack and it won't heal for a long time.

I digress.

The point is, we knew it was work and we're glad we're doing it, but it was so overwhelming to even begin, because where do you begin with this: ...?

    
                                                   (the kitchen from the dining room)

                                                      (two-three sponge layered red living room)

                  (green and yellow striped dining room, also with a gold sponge effect.  a few decades old!)

 

(master bathroom...after I cleaned it)

                                                                  (hallway bathroom)

(hallway connecting the master bath and bedroom)

So that's a peek of what was.  And here's a peek of the progress, 

same angle of looking in the master from the hallway.

 

Phew!  And that's a lot more work than it looks, as we discovered two layers of wallpaper under the border, and ripping it up made holes in the wall, etc etc.  More on that later! 

For now, goodnight!  :)

15 Weeks

 

15 weeks, as of yesterday!  I have my 16 week check up this week.  I have to say, second trimester is much better than the first.  I'm not going to bed at 7 anymore, not wanting to nap all day long, and I'm definitely able to eat more foods.  And cooking onions doesn't make me want to pass out either.

 

So I know I'm doing the ultrasound pictures (so far) a month behind.  So here are the 12 week pics. And I've tried 174,023 ways to get it to be horizontal and not vertical, but I can't figure it out.  If I ever do, I'll fix it.  But for now, sorry! 

I think it looks like he's chilling in a hammock...vertically that is. :)

And here's the 4D shot.  It was really awesome to see him/her moving all over the place, arms above his head, rolling around...it looked like he was dancing. :) 

At my 16 week check up, they said they were not planning on going to do an ultrasound, but I'm going to ask and see if they can anyway.  Especially if it is a boy, most ultrasound techs can tell which gender it is by 16 weeks.  And the sooner I know, the better!

If I do get an ultrasound and more baby pics this week, I'll post them.  If not, these are it until 20 weeks! 

Other than baby bump pictures, that is.

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I have about a million house pictures to show yall--we closed about a week and a half ago and in the past week, have painted several rooms and trim, and have had an old built in bookshelf between the dining and kitchen ripped down and replaced with a bar. We spent hours ripping down wallpaper and border off of plaster walls--there could be no worse combo than plaster and wallpaper. Ugh! But it's done.

Oh and the floor guys began tiling too, one bathroom down so far I think. 

By the end of this week, the kitchen and bathroom tiling will be done, carpet will be put down in the bedroom, the kitchen countertops will be installed, and surely more painting will be done. Lots of changes!!

And lots of pictures to show.  But for now, I'm exhausted.  Pics to come once I weed through them all!