Happy Easter!!
Where in the world has this month gone??!! I tell you, things have been crazy (in a good way)…in the past 5 weeks the Menvielle household has heard/seen/experienced many changes.
Most important though, we are having a baby girl in 4 months! We had the ultrasound a few weeks ago and were delighted to find out that the estrogen level of the family unit will increase. Poor Gregory, he is doomed…when this girl asks for anything, she will get it. Why do I feel like I will be the “enforcer” in this relationship??
This led to quite the dilemma though….(other than what brand of chastity belt to purchase and convent to enroll her in) what the heck do we paint the room?? You see, I don’t do pink; and for the time being, while I can still make choices for this child without her talking back, I have decided the nursery will not look like “princess pink” was thrown up in it. Don’t get me wrong, I can do some pink, subtle pink, accent pink, but there is a line I must draw. The walls will not be fuscia! And I will not allow any Barbie dolls in the apartment because I believe they give young women a complex about how their bodies must look like…and let’s be honest, this girl is not inheriting a cup size D from me!
So, we made a compromise, a minty green accent wall against off-white walls/ceiling and the bedding/shades/theme is going to have pink and red accent ladybugs with some green….I just couldn’t bring myself to go with Gregory’s suggestion “why don’t we still go with blue, she won’t know the difference?”…so I caved…a little…a little pink never hurt anyone. And don’t worry; links to a comprehensive photo album will follow at the end of this post, so read on…
Other changes occurring in the Menvielle apartment include a new and improved pantry. We bought an electric drill at one of our Home Depot outings; just in case we would need it. Just in case turned into me taking down the laundry room door, putting up a new one, installing new pantry shelves and pot hangers, tearing apart our hall closet and assembling a new closet assembly and putting up coat hangers. Yes, folks, I do have experience with power tools. Not only do they teach you to curl in high school in Canada, they teach you how to do important stuff like home renovations and change the oil in your car; these were considered our “home-ec” classes. The cooking talent came from lots of time in the chemistry lab mixing things up and don’t ask me to sew anything. I also does not hurt that I grew up in a house that included a stocked garage with tools for Carpentry (one of my dad’s trades) so I learned a lot from that.
What prompted me to do all of these changes? Reason #1: I am a hormonal, crazy organizational freak; #2 Gregory would not let me help paint the nursery so I had to “show him up” #3 I did not know how we were going to fit all the bottles and funky plastic stuff I don’t know what they are used for yet into our kitchen. Plus I have a beef to pick with the person who designed the layout of this place and did not consider proper use of space…..but that’s fine, me and my new drill fixed it.
But, just because I am good with a drill does not mean that I am ready for some “major” home renovations, so we hired someone to come in a replace our carpet with cork. It has been a long time coming and a lot of research/negotiations with our HOA (for good reasons). Because we live in a second floor condo, we need to pay attention to acoustic insulation so not to drive our downstairs neighbors crazy. We knew we were going to get rid of the carpet (heck, it could probably walk itself out of here with all the filth that was in it) and replace it with either new carpet or a solid surface. Out of pure selfishness, Gregory and I decided a solid surface would be easier to clean baby spit up/puke/spills off of than carpet and increase the retail value of our place. Since hardwood is out of the question, we moved on to the next best (if not better!) thing; cork! We are going with a “coffee bamboo” color/feel and are totally stoked about it.
Last week marked the beginning of the “floor installation” process, which included more packing (I didn’t think there was much more to pack after moving Gregory into his new office!), moving, storing and then the workers arrived. As of now, we are working in an apartment with the “main area” floor finished and it looks awesome! By Wednesday this week, the process should be finished with more pics to be posted (right now, there are some of the partially finished floor).
Other than all of the home renovations, Gregory and I have been working our tails off this month with new clients, new projects and lots of fun events! We have 2 weeks until we leave for France, which will be a well deserved/needed treat! Bring on the farmers markets! Hopefully, things will settle down a bit more so that I can post more frequent updates. However, I feel like that will come in the 3rd trimester when I am waddling around, occupying the couch a lot and complaining about how “fat” I am .
I am in my 23rd week now (see pics below). I know, what a cute bump! what an awesome, small, harmless bump. What the picture does not tell you is how active this little girl/bump is, especially at 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the morning. I swear she already has a pair of running shoes on and is doing workouts at those times. Unfortunately, when my darling girl is awake, I am awake, so there have been a few “zombie-like, throw cranky tantrums and OD on the chocolate because I am a hormonal mess” days. Let’s hope she is just getting this “nocturnal theme” out of her system before she pops out in a few monthsJ
Link to home renovation album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gmenvielle/HomeWork#
I hope to get a more thorough update posted within a week or so with pics of our new floor/place!
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