Well the work continues in making a space for the soon-to-be-arrival. The walls are painted and now I’m working on some touch-up and the closet. I’m out of primer, so I’ll have to get more tomorrow. It’s amazing how much primer you can go through when the walls are as beat-up as these were.
I’m not sure what the previous household did in this room, but its pretty clear that some kind of ill behaved animal was kept in here against its will. The door shows significant claw marks, and there were various awkward looking stains and marks in various places on the walls. Well no more! (I suppose some of the deeper marks on the door can be seen through the paint.)
The trim has been primed and painted but will need another coat. The chair rail will probably go up in the next day or so, with the closet painting happening at the same time. After that the carpet comes up to make room for some kind of wood-like flooring. We haven’t decided exactly what we want yet, but it will probably be some kind of laminate-type snap-in floor boards. Its durable, looks nice and relatively inexpensive. I’ll be putting that in myself. I told K that either we pay somebody to put it in, or I’m getting the compound miter saw. Not that flooring needs miter joints (generally) but it does need a lot of precision chopping. The wall trim will need some miters, so the saw has been acquired.
On the rest of the preparing for baby front, we attended our first birthing class last week. I’m not sure it was particularly educational so far, but there are many more classes. K also has a checkup tomorrow.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Exciting times!! When is the baby due? Are you going to find out the gender?
March 12th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
The baby is due May 21st - and as I like to say plus or minus two weeks! We have not found out the gender and have decided to keep it a surprise.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Ok, a year behind my second (born 24 May). Much better than late pregnancy in the summer (my first, born 17 August).
I couldn’t handle the wait.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
The birthing classes were kind of mundane if you’re capable of any reading or online research at all. But, it was worth it for the extensive behind-the-scenes hospital tour we had. (and then, since we moved, we did it all over again for pregnancy #2. Fun times.)