Time Marches On...

30 seconds in my head these days:

…I REALLY need to pack today (what the heck do we even have in that trunk under the TV?)...what day is it today?...uh-oh, did I forget to submit payroll for X client? …Roscoe sure is getting a lot of practice entertaining himself (sure you can suck on the carpet, just today though)...oops, just dropped another ball at work…I can’t believe I am moving in with my in-laws.  Will we still like each other in a few months?…forget packing, I REALLY need to get some work done today; my clients are probably wondering where the heck I am …have I eaten yet today?  If I eat another can of tuna I will gag (all we have in the house)…wait, are we really moving in 4 days?… maybe our new house will have 2 bathrooms!  And a yard and a white picket fence!  This is worth it, right?  RIGHT?…I wish I could have more coffee…crap, when is the last time I changed Roscoe’s diaper?…nevermind work, I REALLY need to do our overflowing laundry so I can pack it…hold on, today is the 24^th?!  So, that huge work deadline is due in 2 DAYS?!  …*looks at whining dogs* have I let you guys out to pee today?

The other day, while in a conversation with Ray, I started babbling nonsense.  I couldn’t form a sentence or think of basic words and I even called Roscoe “Basi” and might have called Ray “Ikaika” without even noticing.  My brain is not the brain it used to be and I might actually (literally) be losing my mind.  The rational side of me knows this is just temporary – the perfect storm of work deadlines, remodeling, moving, raising a baby, sleep deprivation and figuring out new childcare.  Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that our second nanny is LEAVING THE COUNTRY?  Yeah, the first one lasted 7.5 weeks and then fled to Mexico.  This one has been with us 7 weeks and told us last week that she is moving back to Brazil.  Is this like a 7 week itch?  I mean, I know Roscoe can be a handful, but really?  He’s so great!  How can you not want to stay just to bask in his cuteness?!  Ray’s mom also had to rearrange her work schedule and can now only watch Roscoe on Tuesdays.  The one day that I cannot go into my biggest client because there is nowhere for me to work and they have meetings in the conference room all day.  This leaves me one day a week to work there (except once a month when I have to go to another job that day).  Sure, no problem!  (Sarcasm aside, though, I am so grateful for the help and Roscoe is happy with her so I would do anything to accommodate)  I can’t even complain about the childcare situation because it is our own fault.  I am the one that decides to short myself on help so I can save a buck and then I wonder why I am so overwhelmed and can’t get my work done.  Duh.  When will I learn?

What else is new?  Roscoe is doing an unseen before (by me, at least) army crawl in which he uses his elbows (mainly one elbow) to drag himself across the floor while also pushing off the floor with his left toe.  It doesn’t make sense, but it is surprisingly effective.  I have a video, but no Internet means no sharing. 

We also are about 95% done with the kitchen and about 20% done with the painting.  Add in the floors and some other little projects and then we are DONE.  We move this weekend (yes, while my dad is visiting - we are such gracious hosts…), so it will make it easier to do some of the work once our stuff is gone. 

We bought our tickets for Chicago (can’t wait!)

We also found out Laura and Jesse are having another girl – hooray for big sister Tessa!

And our Baby on Board sign (recently featured on a blog post) was stolen from our car.  Someone actually cut the zip ties it was attached with.  Who steals a Baby on Board sign?!

Ok, update over, got to go before I forget what I was supposed to be doing today.  Love you all!

Progress

You can tell how stressed out Ray and I are by how many times we fight and over what. Saturday might have been a record as we argued about whose fault it was we had no coffee, when we should leave for Ikea and Home Depot, which faucet we should buy, which range hood we should buy, which backsplash tile, which backsplash edges, whether we should get everything at once or come back later, who was giving more attitude, whose fault it was we were fighting so much...you get the idea.  


Thankfully, Sunday we didn't argue at all because we were both too tired and fighting requires effort.  The reason we were so tired was not because of all of the work we did on Saturday.  It was because our dear child decided once again to just not sleep.  Like, at all.  I distinctly remember looking at the clock at 2:38am and thinking ruefully how funny (funny crazy, not funny haha) it was that no one had slept yet.  Then sometime between then and "waking up" at 5am Ray broke out into full body hives.  I am telling myself it must be something in the building materials he was using on Saturday and not the fact that his wife and child drove him to madness.  


After weekends like this Monday doesn't look so bad (ish).


I am happy to report, however, that we made loads of progress on the kitchen and had a painter come by to give us a quote on getting help with some of the painting that needs done.  I am having a helluva time figuring out when I am going to get the painting done because I don't want to do it with Roscoe in the house and he is only out of the house 1 day a week and I really need to work that day.  Plus, 1 day is not going to put much of a dent in the project.  We'll see the price he comes back with and maybe it will be worth it to hire it out (I can't believe Ray and I are considering PAYING someone to do something we could do ourselves... so not our style)


Anyways, here are a couple of photos of the kitchen (new developments include dishwasher and range - not yet installed, range hood - partially installed, stainless steel range backsplash, subway tile backsplash - minus grout, handles, knobs and inner fittings on cabinets, toekicks - except the dishwasher one, and a couple of coats of paint on that wall so we didn't have to paint around the backsplash/hood once installed...estimated finish = next weekend):  


BEFORE (just a reminder):

DURING:

AFTER:

[coming soon...!]

And some other photos of our last couple of weeks:

Ikaika after a long day of work on the house:

Roscoe catching some rays:

Roscoe practicing his 4 wheel drive skills:

Trucks and Babies

It feels like ages since we had a weekend to just go on an adventure, so I really enjoyed getting away on Saturday (though Lowe's is an adventure of a sort, I suppose...).  I love road trips and spending a few hours in the car with nothing to do but stare out the window and chat with Ray.  We spent the day catching up with friends, eating BBQ and Roving.  This is what Roving Duty will get you (Ray under Resty's car with tools, trying to fix a "blown third"...yeah, whatevs):

We had a bittersweet reunion with Fiona the FJ, but were quite happy to drive away in our family ride with 4 real doors and room for the stroller in back.  Ladies and gentleman, I would like to introduce Bluto:

That's right, BABY ON BOARD!

We saw other babies on Sunday at the picnic, but none as cute as Roscoe so why bother with photos of them?  Here are a few of Lil Roo Rock-soe:

And a couple of recent videos:

Ticklish

Scootin'