Baby

I've been walking around with a prize lately :)

covering her eyes to sleep...

I haven't really talked about this pregnancy on here yet, I supposed because you want to hit all of these important milestones that mean the baby is safe and sound first. And we have! So here is our daughter in all of her tiny, banana-sized, 10 oz. (this week at least) glory. It has been the most amazing thing in the world to get to have this baby inside and to watch her grow, feel her move, and take a peek in on her through the ultrasound appointments. She is so freaking cute, and so baby-like already. Watching her on the screen, she moves and yawns and hiccups and holds her head in her hands, and covers her eyes and naps. It's adorable and I just want to hold her little head in my hand already.

I took this photo after we saw and heard her heart beat for the very first time. It was beating so strong and fast, like a little hummingbird. My mom was with us, so it was even more special. Such a great moment. 

Now that we are at the halfway 20 week point there are a lot of physical changes going on, and not just with my giant belly. Of course, being us, we have home reno to tackle for the baby. Remember this hall closet? We have always saved it and kept it empty to use as a space for a future baby. So, it's time has come. Thanks to generous family we have amassed quite a collection of baby items already. We cleaned and painted the space and put all of the presents she's gotten in there. It's going to be her little closet. One day, I'd like to turn it into a cool clubhouse for her, with books and wallpaper and pillows and her own favorite whatevers and collections... What kid wouldn't want their own private hide-out?

Before:

Baby gifts!

And after. We just need a rack to hang those pint-sized outfits on. :)

And lastly, a few photos from last weekend, on our official halfway mark. That day felt very momentous and it's so wild to think we are on the downhill slide to her birth. Eeeeee!

Go, baby, go!

Last big project completed!

[If anyone can tell me why there is this huge space up above and how to get rid of it I'd appreciate it. The text is all the way to the top of the text box on the edit screen, so I don't know...)

We have had so many small and large renovations completed lately, which, combined with the holidays and a general laziness means I have fallen very behind on updating this blog. ergh. But, behold the latest, greatest, and LAST (yaaahhh!) major home renovation for us! The Garage turned Storage Room! It used to be a scary, cold, damp, dark weird little space with a giant hole leading to the underbelly of the house (which was filled with everything from brand new '80s Samsonite suitcases, 4 track albums, about ten different ladders, folding chairs and tables, etc. .. all left behind by the previous owner) for a full year, but we have now completed it's renovation and it's niiice.

We've never actually fit our car into the garage because Tocco and I have amassed an enormous collection of tools from all of our renovations, which fills the space instead: saws, paints, garden supplies, electric gadgets, glues, fluids, you name it, plus all of the surfing and everyday STUFF needing a home. So this space needed not to be a garage so much as a storage room. We had our trusty contractors, Soto, come over and work some magic. They always deliver. They covered up the big hole on the side where someone unwelcome could hide, patched the walls, added dry wall, and painted so the walls became solid, warm, clean, white, and functional. We also had a new garage door installed since the old one didn't technically lock and could have been opened quite easily from the outside (oops). To top it all off we added brand spankin' new storage solutions, including a rad custom display/storage shelf made by Tocco for all of his kiting/surfing stuff, a few hefty containers, and we are all set. Now the garage feels totally different and 100% warmer. A few photos...

Getting insulated:

New walls:




Painted and purdy:





A new garage door installed:





The mess from the garage now needing to find a new home in the storage room:

Tocco building shelves and racks for all of the kitesurfing/fun outdoor water stuff:

So cool. For a guy who does corporate branding all day he is 100% handy:

Ta-da!

Now he can't wait to find his next project. Oh yeah, a crib:

A new makeshift workbench from our kitchen counter leftovers:

We pared down like crazy here. This is about a tenth of the house renovation stuff we've had to buy and use in the last year... yikes!



And everything is so organized now:























A dorky little sign I made Tocco a few years ago:

Yippee! You can (nearly) go in there barefoot if you want. ;-)

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