Labor Day...with Too Much Labor!

We had a busy, productive Labor Day weekend.

On Saturday, Brandon watched the first OSU football game of the season and I went to visit dad and take Ginger to the dog park. In the early evening, Anna and Andrew arrived to help us tackle the upstairs painting projects: three rooms, three closets and a whole lot of trim/windows to prime and paint. We did some prep work Saturday night, including moving all the big furniture I couldn't help Brandon lift and trimming the baby's room. We cooked ribs and baked potatoes for dinner, then crashed.

From then on, it was painting, painting and more painting. By the time Anna and Andrew left on Monday afternoon, we had finished all the trim and painting in our bedroom and the small room next to us. Brandon and I tackled the baby's room once they left and finished removing all the trim tape. We finally called it a night around 9:15 p.m. and ordered pizza from Angilo's. It was a huge help to have Anna and Andrew there!

Last night, Brandon tackled the the rest of the primer in the closets -- we agreed I shouldn't be in there since it is so fumy and requires a ladder. Tonight we're going to try and move the rest of our clothes, books, etc. upstairs because our basement keeps getting wet from the heavy rain and we're worried something might get ruined. So, more work for us...but fortunately we have the weekend free and then we're off to Arizona!

And in case you haven't heard...Baby Harper is a boy.

The Weekend Wrap and Painting Prep

This past weekend was a great change of pace – absolutely no reading or assignments for school and no social obligations. Brandon and I spent Saturday knocking out all of our yard and housework chores (cutting the bushes, mowing, weeding, cleaning the house, etc.) so we could completely relax on Sunday. We got it all done—with Brandon doing the majority of the heavy lifting—and treated ourselves to dinner at China Gourmet Saturday night. Sunday we slept in a little then went hiking at Caesar Creek, which was really nice.

This week it’s all about prepping for the weekend painting project. Anna and Andrew have graciously agreed to give us some free labor, so we’ll be painting all three bedrooms on the second floor of our house in preparation for Baby Harper. We sorted all our books and took everything off the walls last night. Tonight we’re going to Lowe’s to buy all our supplies. I won’t say I’m looking forward to painting because I don’t like painting, but it’s exciting to think everything will be freshly painted up there by the end of the weekend – especially since we’ll have help!

On Friday if all goes well we’ll find out if we are having a son or a daughter. Just saying those words makes it whole situation seem quite different and real.