A Month in Nesting Activites

So things have been a little crazy in the Birdhouse lately (what we call our house)
I am not sure I mentioned it here, but earlier this month, BOTH sets of our parents came to visit to help us get the house ready for baby Bean. Each set of parental units stayed for a week, invested hundreds of dollars of time and energy (actually, thousands in total) and overlapped for one crazy weekend...I may have mentioned some of this...at any rate
Projects accomplished with their help and mostly my husband's boundless energy: Dishwasher installed, hot water line run to the washing machine (which was previously hooked up to two garden hoses, one to bring water from the outside tap to the inside, one to drain the water out-during this time obviously we only had cold water washing capability  and had to use biodegradable hippie soap detergent not just for ethical reasons but because my chickens would run out and drink the still soapy grey water), utility sink constructed and installed, new swamp cooler installed, baby bedroom/utility room painted and reorganized,  and new crib assembled and installed in our bedroom.

After they left, Ryan dissembled the crib again, re-assembled it in the baby room (which we are calling the cloud room because we are not quite ready to give it over entirely to nursery purposes, and is still also our book lending library, computer room, guest room, den, and craft room-I am typing this from the desk that is in this room). Ryan also fixed the front sprinklers, and together as I mentioned we re-installed the flagstone pathway and planted a lawn. SO here are some more pictures of some of the results and processes of these efforts, as well as a couple from the baby shower...
I wanted these to be organized, but the computer uploaded them scatter shot, so here they are in no particular order...

Ryan coming out from plumbing under the house

Ryan and his pop putting in the plumbing for the washing machine

the utility sink stand ( on the left)

the newly installed swamp cooler

me sorting through books and getting ready to paint the cloud room

the nests I have obsessesively since becoming pregnant

me admiring the new crib

the old timey band plays at the baby shower, 

me and the lovely April Golz (who organized the baby shower) at the  Albuquerque Press Club

the baby car seat, and two friends for the baby we got at the shower

why we call it the cloud room

the buffet at the baby shower

the baby shower guests

the newly planted front yard

and the newly appointed cloud room, with desk/changing station, and a blank space where the crib is now.

wow. 

it's exhausting just looking at it all. and there is still the bathroom paint

the paint swatch is the final color choice, in Behr's Mermaid Song

and there are still about 25(hundred?) action items on the big list to complete before baby time.

and that I am one week shy of 8 months pregnant. And while I don't have a picture at the moment showing the 8 month bump, I do have a picture of a picture of my mother at about that pregnant which is framed on my bed stand. 

good luck on all your weekend projects 

xx

jess