SIX MONTHS??

My baby boy is now six months old! He can sit up (until he gets too excited and knocks himself over), roll over both ways, do the 'airplane' on his tummy... and the top 2 teeth are getting ready to pop through. Karen didn't get her first tooth until her 7th month, and here Curtis will have 4 by then. It's already making nursing interesting.

He has himself on a pretty set schedule; however, today he woke up early! But when we get to work, he's ready for a nap and typically sleeps the whole time I'm working. We are home for just over an hour, and he's ready for another nap. He'll take another nap in the evening, and is ready for bed about 9:30. He doesn't like to sleep anywhere but in his bed, so errands and other trips can be tricky.

Surprise Space Design on a Quarter

Here are pictures of our bedroom redecorate surprise for Paul. I'm very happy with it.

Here are the rules: no minding the messy bed, the closet, or anything else that would make you think less of me! :o)

I had already begun taking things off the walls, so this is a "just after I begun" stage.

First coat of paint is up.

FINAL RESULTS...well, almost. I am heading to Wal*Mart to buy side tables (I hope), white curtains, and outlet covers.

On the wall above the head of the bed, I have a quilt rack that will hold Paul's Great-Grandma's quilt. The mirror --> is my grandma's. The white gown below is my other grandma's. The teddy bear is my Dad's. The cross [above] is from my Great Grandpa. My Dad made the wall sconces. My Mom made the 2 pillows in 'front' on the bed. And I made the quilt with help from my Mom and Mom-in-law, and Mary from church.

So what do you think? I hope Paul likes it!!

48 hours?

I don't know how the people on Trading Spaces do it... they must have an army behind the scenes in order to get everything done in time. It took Dad & I all day to do the primer and 2 coats of paint. I ran to the orange box to buy chair rail, then we decided the trim we took down wasn't worth saving, so we'll be going again to buy more for the door, window and closet. I shoudl get the whole room done for $100, but I do need new blinds/curtain. That might be another $50, so we'll see. I have a new quilt that I just finished last month, thanks to a dear lady in our church.

Dad's coming back tomorrow to finish the trim... don't want Paul's surprise be to have to finish his surprise. I'm really liking how it is turning out; I hope he does, too.

Texas Vacation

Curtis' first plane trip. He did very well. We did a lot of nursing and pacifier-ing to help with his ears. Thankfully he slept a lot on the way home. On the way down, I did a lot of standing and jiggling.

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The other photo is Karen at Sea World in San Antonio, feeding a dolphin. They had sold out of the fish by the time we got there, and a nice lady next to us had extras, so she gave Karen one. Thank you!

Sleepin' In!

Okay, so it was only until 7:00, but Curtis has been waking up at 6:30 and that extra 30 minutes counts to me! He's still snoozing at 7:15... so I'm showered, dressed, and having some quiet time. Woohoo!!

Last night I sent Karen to bed and she asked if I was going to bed (she's sleeping with me since Paul was gone last night). I told her I needed some quiet Mommy Time. She started whining that she never gets Karen Time! I said, "you can have Karen Time whenever you want... you can go sit on your bed and read however long you want!" We'll see if she remembers that today.

Today we are painting my bedroom. Paul doesn't know...surprise to him. While we were in Texas, he finished the bathroom...counter and mirror. My Dad is coming over to help paint and do trim. Our room is so dark with paneling, that this is just a temporary fix until we can redo the walls and put in insulation and a new window. The color: honky tonk blue! Pictures will come later.

This is one happy boy! This is Curtis somewhere on the highway somewhere near Austin. Yes, he's smiling now, but he's in a lovely air-conditioned vehicle! See them teeth?

One hot July night...

It's hot. It's almost 8:00 at night and it's still 90* out there. This still beats the Texas heat... it was so humid that the heat about overwhelms you. Curtis didn't like it, it made Karen cranky, and I just wanted to go home!

Curtis will be 6 months on Wednesday. Boy do I miss being pregnant! It's a wonderful feeling. We did decide that we will not have any more bio children; recovery is just too hard. We are hoping to foster-adopt, so our family isn't done yet!

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