From the "would you hurry up and have this baby department" . . .

Not much interesting to report. We're still waiting . . . and waiting . . . and waiting. We're now one week out from the official date, and everyone's pretty much on pins and needles.

The only exciting thing to report is the arrival of the final piece of furniture for Colin's room. Apparently, it takes longer to ship something from Canuckistan than it does something from Afghanistan. Whoddathunkit?

Here are a couple of shots of the hutch. It probably goes without saying, but I laid out all the stuff on the shelves there, so it's probably nowhere near correctly laid out. Consider these shot's an 'artist's rendering' of the final look and feel. The boss will have to come home and utter those three words all men just love to hear when they proudly say "I'm done" : ".....um......what's this?"

I can tell ya right now, I'm gonna hear about that lampcord being visible in this picture. I can just hear it now . . .

Room, Almost Done

The bulk of the furniture arrived on Friday, the day before the baby shower. Apparently, Canuckistan is not only far away, but embroiled in some kind of trucking strike. BUT, at least it got here. 'Cept for the top of the hutch, which won't be here for another two weeks. After that, we're officially done, all we'll need is the boy.

By the way, YES, the Brutus mobile plays "Across the Field".

Below is "Mr. Toad's Wild Concussion Machine", a gift from Eric & Stacey. Mary put it together with a butter knife last night, long after most folks here were in no condition to help her. Apparently, it gently rocks the baby back and forth, and then violently catapults it head-first into the wall. Nice.

Painting: Done

We are finally finished with the painting. Mollie was kind enough to come over yesterday and help me with the last stage. She also did all of the touch-up. I managed to screw up the new closet door - it's about 1/8" too wide for the door frame, so I'm having fun with a chisel and sander trying to get it finished for the shower next weekend.

So, the finished product looks good. Not perfect, but good. Here you go:

Don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but the closet doors are all red, and here's an idea of how they look with the grey walls (as well as a new OSU rug):

Painting Part Deux

So the playoffs are here, finally. And we have all this painting nonsense to do. Naturally. Anyway, so I do the painting you see in this post, get done about 10ish, and flip on the Stars / Canucks game. Long story short, the game went to four overtimes, and was finished at 3:30AM. By the time it was 2AM, I figured, "hell, I've committed this much, gotta see how this damn thing ends." On top of that, the roller I used last night was a bit too rough, and Kasi and I had to go back over it again tonight - meaning not only more work, but more importantly, MORE MISSED PLAYOFF HOCKEY. This job is becoming too much. I quit.

Here are the thrilling pictures from last night.

STOOPID ROUGH ROLLER. Damn thing was the perfect size for the task at hand too.

Painting Part One

We've begun the long painful process of painting the boy's room. One of us had the bright idea to paint a helmet stripe all the way around the room, not counting on the level of effort required to make said stripe happen. Needless to say, it's been quite a bit of effort, and I've only got the black stripes up there now.

These (above and below) show the "Official Ohio State Grey" we used for the walls.
Here are the pencil lines for the stripes. Took me over three hours just to get these things up:
Then I had to lay out the tape for each of the lines:
Next, Kasi helped me paint the black stripes with tiny little rollers:
Remove the tape, and we have the first set of stripes:
Tonight, it's off to tape the Red stripe down the middle. More to come, fer sure . . .

Furni / Doggie Love / Wright State?

Well, I'm sitting here watching my alma mater on TV tonight. Wright State's up by two on Butler at halftime. I'm in shock. Could my beloved Raiders make it to the dance for the second time ever? Time will tell.

The first big piece of furniture for Colin's room arrived this past Friday. Kasi drove all over town to find this rocker, and when she finally brought it home she was happier than I've ever seen a fully grown human. It is a flat-out killer rocker, tho . . .

It's going to go perfectly with the rest of the OSU gear we've got, and are planning to get. Here are a couple with the boss in her chair. These qualify as belly shots, from what she's telling me. The belly shots have to be "respectable". Clearly she just doesnt' get it . . .

Many thanks to June, Judy, George, Yonk and Kasi for this - we really love it!

Here are a few gratuitous shots of the dogs. I just got a new digital camera in anticipation of the boy's arrival.

Update:

Holy Crap. Wright State 60, Butler 55. Wright Freakin' State is going back to the dance. Awesome game. Dashaun Wood is the man. Hopefully, they won't be crushed in the first round like they were back in '92 . . . "Dollar" Bill Edwards, anyone? (cue sounds of crickets . . .)

Consider me on the bandwagon.