the proof

here are some pictures. not sure how this one got so crooked...when we were in florida i bought this desk and dresser at salvation army. i loved the knobs. and then fixed it up for our future kids. i had no idea i'd need them for ready made kids so quickly.

and here's the other direction....never mind the mess in the hallway, we're getting there.

and another view of the crib. it's still intimidating me.
and the new family room, it seriously feels like we added a whole new floor.

the new office...

and finally, i know it looks like a mess to you, but to me it looks like a sanctuary for creativity. i'm so excited to have a real spot for sewing and crafty stuff.

actually-here's a better photo...now you can see the way paul hung the snowboards and ladder up on the wall.

and here's how we hung the camping gear and i put a curtain up to hide all of the boxes. looks homey huh?

busted a move

we did gooooood today. i got up and took tatum on a 3 mile run so she would get her extra energy out. ha! she was running circles around me on our way back home. she hadn't been running since june and i must say she's a MUCH better runner now that she's a doggie and not a puppy.
then we came down to the basement and moved stuff around. we are so freaking organized it rocks.
now we have a christmas corner, keepsakes stack, backpacking pile, a new garage (in the basement) and home decor corner. I have my very own sewing table which ROCKS because I've never had one. And we put up curtains to hide the boxes we are keeping under the stairs since we move so often. we have a new family room with the futon, rug and 2nd tv-that even plugs into cable-SCORE big time. and a new office corner. I'll have to get pictures up to explain but with out before pictures it's hard to appreciate. but it feels good. makes the bedroom feel more real. we pulled the kid desk and dresser up there, and now the crib is up against the wall instead of free floating amongst the office furniture. tonight we had dinner down here on the futon watching the tv in our new family room. it seriously feels like we added a whole new floor to the house. loving it!

this is weird

soooo.....this has been starring at me all week.we bought it on sunday. i know, i haven't said anything. it's just too weird and feels too fast. it converts to a toddler bed, day bed or a full size headboard. we got it off of craigslist for a steal. now we just need the mattress and bedding. and then we need to get bunk beds or something just in case we end up with 2 older kids. we were setting it up and i had a panic this-is-not-fair-moment again. i realized normally this is done with a big round pregnant belly. and normally you have all kinds of gifts from baby showers. and normally you're not sure where to put all the family when they fly in to help you take care of the new baby. except that our new baby might be 7 years old and might go home in a couple weeks or 9 months. it's ok. i can get over it. but it does still make me sad from time to time that we won't get to do it "the normal way". and i'll never get a baby shower.
but we had a good talk the other night about how paul feels about it all. i want to make sure i'm not dragging him into anything. he said he always knew my heart for orphans and knew that it was always in my long term plans. we just didn't think it would be now.

7 years!!

we had a great time at our anniversary fondue date night. it was delicious and we left stuffed like little piggies. my hair didn't look so great because that morning i took tatum on her morning walk. waved goodbye to paul as he drove past in the truck. meandered slowly back to the townhouse. turned the knob and realized paul had locked the door when he left. so i ran to buster's house and josie answered in her robe. thank god for josie. however, we JUST gave our key that dave & josie had back to jamie so she could show the townhouse. soooooo...paul had to drive back. i did enjoy a nice cup of coffee with josie. however, i got back in the house at 7:30. which is normally the time that i'm coming downstairs to eat breakfast. luckily i had washed my hair the afternoon before so i could make it with out washing it....i would have loved to have washed it BUT i've made it longer than that before. anyhow i did make it to work with a minute to spare even. then i took tatum for her vaccinations over lunch. she did TERRIFIC! then i came home after work, honked the horn and paul came out and we went down to dinner. ahhhh. we were trying to get back by 8:00 so paul could watch the new episode of heros but at 8:20 when we were picking out which chocolate fondue would complete our feast, we realized we weren't gonna make it. now THAT is love that i'm willing to rush our anniversry dinner for his favorite show, dontchyathink?
when we came home we found that tatum had gotten a little stir crazy and helped herself to the tissue in the downstairs trash can. little booger. what IS it about tissue? do you think she knows she did a no-no?