25 days and counting

Okay baby-to-be, here is the proof we are ready for you. You already saw the new room. I tell you everyday. But if you need more proof, here it is.


Exhibit A, the Bob the Builder underwear on an acutal road trip to Hood River. No diapers used! No accidents had! Petie is officially potty trained. We may acutally get a solid month in without diapers before it all starts again...


Exhibit B - the big boy bed. He is in it! I bribed him with a new firefighter blanket I made. He picked out the fabric (with some suggestion against a few prints that looked a little too Nascar for my taste). And with a new fancy nightlight from Target, we are in business. He relinquished the crib to the nursery without really caring at all (we of course were more worried than he was).

Exhibit C -I finally took the cousins on the tram ride I've been promising for over 2 years, so now we're all set. Hear that kid, you can join us any time! Signed, your loving yet rather uncomfortable mom.

And the newest Wellnitz is...

Grace Ann was born on 8/20/09. Weighing in at 7'10'' 19 and 3/4inches. She is a sweet little thing with chubby cheeks and dark skin and hair. Drew is attempting to contain himself (or mark and sarah are attempting to contain him) as he is excited beyond belief! So happy Chloe will have a little girl cousin playmate so close to her own age.

I support our troops, I swear

Is it unpatriotic that I haven't had the heart to tell Petie that these are soldiers and not "skateboarding guys" as he likes to call them?

A proper little room

We are officially ready!

We remodeled part of the attic off our bedroom to make a quaint little peaked room of love. The light purple wall color compromise with Kevin turned out to be a little more on the pink side than I was expecting, but not enough to repaint.

The vinyl monogram and dandelion (very subtle) turned out great, a little more difficult than expected to get up on the walls. My future career in wallpaper installation will have to be rethought. I truly do not have the patience for that kind of thing.



Kev’s estate sale find of the 4 little pictures around the window I think turned out very sweet.


The cubbies are lined with 4 different fabrics, in Kevin’s words, “you are bringing out your inner clown side.” Whatever that means, I took it as a compliment regardless.


This is the little chandelier I painted. Laurelhurst garage sale find.

This is the view from our bedroom.

And even though I almost fired the jerks at Marion’s carpets before it was even installed, I am happy now about the carpet. The crib is ready to house it’s 5th baby (Jake, Sean, Molly, and Pete previously) and the dresser is mine from childhood (made by my Dad’s Dad I’m pretty sure). Still need a window covering and to finish the little doors to the closet and attic, but the room is finished enough for me to do some proper nesting and less stressing. Thanks to an amazing husband who has the strongest work ethic and the most passion for decorating than any straight man I know.