Andrew left on Saturday for the week. Of course, I put him to work before he left. There were some things I wanted to take care of and also wanted him to be a part of.
After I got off work on Friday, we grabbed something to eat real fast and headed to Babies R Us. Our intention was to purchase the travel system we registered for, thanks to the generosity of Andrew's mom & dad!
We get there and they have the other two colors of the travel system, but not the one we wanted. Turns out there was one at a Toys R Us about 10 minutes away. We went and picked it up and were on our way.
It was now around 8:15pm and we were ready to get our paint on. The main goal was to get the ceiling painted since Andrew was leaving the next morning. Andrew started on the ceiling and I got working on the trim, doors and window sill. We finished relatively quickly and were discussing whether or not to start on the walls. At this point, it's 10:15pm and Andrew has to get up at 5am to get underway. I convinced him to lets just paint one wall so I can get an idea of the color and how it will look.
Note: When we bought our paint on Wednesday night, I had to convince Andrew to let me buy one of those little tools that does the "cutting in." I am not sure the real name of it, but I bought a really cheap one and told him that if it didn't work, at least we would only be out like two dollars.
Upstairs we go, green paint in hand.... Andrew gets up on the ladder to start cutting in from the ceiling and I go to the corner of the room with my nifty little tool. He kept telling me how that thing wasn't going to work, it would be messy, etc. I say, "ta-da!" and literally have the first half of wall 1's floor trim done. He says, "give me that!" Suuuure. Anywhoo, this fantastic cheap little tool saved us so much time that we painted the entire room, two coats and were finished with the entire room just after midnight. We were both exhausted but felt accomplished that it was done. And it left me in a good situation, being able to start vacuuming & steaming the carpets and arranging some of the smaller things.
Saturday, I decided we needed a small table to go next to our chair that will be in the room. Just something to hold a drink or random items while we are feeding, rocking little Kenley. I headed over to Target to see if they had anything affordable. I found a few things, nothing that really jumped out at me though. I did, however, find a white wicker basket thing with a lid on clearance. So I picked that guy up and made my way across the street to the new/huge/awesome Salvation Army in Chesapeake. They had two little tables, both under $20. I went back and forth between the two and tried to imagine which would look better in the room. I spent all day today sanding, priming, and spray painting this table.
Here are some pictures of the progress that has been made so far, as well as the wicker basket and table.
Haha, if you look hard enough you can see Gibbs in the window!
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