painted!

super cute giraffe lamp, no?


we're letting the stuffed animals keep the crib safe and warm until el bambino arrives.

Not too bad eh? I think it turned out really well. The colours aren't showing up quite right on here, but they are, just so you know, a pale yellow on the walls, and lavender, periwinkle, blue danube, apple green, pineapple yellow, and empire gold squares, done in toll paints. Anyway, I'm really pleased. The sponges I used were weird, they weren't just bubbly looking on the bottom, they sort of had stripes, so that's how the paint came off on the walls, but I alternated the horizontal and vertical stripes, so it looks like I planned to use that kind of sponge. It feels good to plan something all by yourself and then have it work out, let me tell you. Now all I have to do is make the curtains. I bought fabric yesterday, but only enough for one window. There are 2, so that's a bit of a problem. If the roads clear up a bit I'll head out tonight just so I have it and can get it washed and dried. If not, I have to go out tomorrow morning anyway for my 37 week checkup, so I'll swing by WM then.

I've changed my guess in the expectnet pool to March 21st, because I think the first day of spring would be a lovely day to be born. I've already lost my own pool twice, so what's the difference. I'll be locking it, if I remember, at the end of today, just to let you slackers get your guesses in if you want to. I mentioned in the comments for the last post (which actually ended up being almost a post in itself) that we've chosen a name, which is pretty great. It was one that we had thought of in the very beginning, but Grant didn't like it for some reason. His reason turned out to be bunk, so we're going with it, and I'm happy. I'm not telling you all what it is, you can wait, and hopefully it won't be too much longer!