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Count Down

Jun 23, 2009
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It feels like 2009 has been one big count down: Count down to March weekend get-away, to baby's ultrasound, to Will's 2nd bday, to June Cape May get-away, to "The Great Gregg Demolition" and finally, countdown to baby!" Even after that I have family vacation to look forward to, then many new milestones with baby number two. I often measure my life in forward glances, always looking ahead to the next big thing. I often caution myself that this is a dangerous posture because I risk missing all the special moments now if I'm too focused on then. And there may not always be something special to look forward to, though with kids, there's always something on the horizon. This is how I've always been though, so I'll continue to look forward to the next big thing, while being mindful that NOW is special, too.

This past weekend Sean and I enjoyed a relaxing time together in Cape May. My parents graciously took Will for the weekend and we enjoyed sleeping in and planning meals whenever we felt. We did lots of reading and walking, took in sunsets and dodged rain drops. Sean reigned victorious at Skipbo. I finished a book. We had ice cream every day. We started our christmas shopping at the cute little shops. We caught a movie Sat afternoon since the rain clouds stubbornly refused to clear away. It was a nice last fling before our family gets a little bit bigger, and before craziness starts in our house.

We couldn't resist taking some belly pictures at the beach. Sean wanted to take picture to compare belly size with me at 34 weeks and him... well... just at 31 years.

The craziness of which I speak refers not only to the coming of a new baby, but to the event to which we affectionately refer to as "The Great Gregg Demoltion." Our tenants move out of the first floor June 30 and we're completely redoing the space to make is a livingroom-dining room space for us. We also plan to gut the kitchen and redo that. Sean is planning to make the cabinents for that. It's been an interesting and frustrating process getting the building permits, but we learned to be thankful we don't live a few school districts over. Apparently the town where I grew up has strict ordinances agains DIY work. You can't even change a faucet without a registered plumber on the job. That would really cramp our DIY, frugal style.

Much of our conversation surrounds our remodeling plans and excitement about having the whole house to ourselves. Some of the things that excite me the most are: taking laundry through the house and the kitchen to the basement, rather than down the steps-out the front door - down the porch steps - around to the back - down the basement steps to the laundry. I also look forward to going from the kitchen strait out to the back to grill, rather than a process similar to that for laundry, and also to being able to let the dog out the back door. Sean and I wonder how long it will take Will and Libby to get used to coming in the front door and being home - rather than having to come in and climb a full flight of stairs to the door to our house. I will look forward to carrying groceries in and not having to lug them up the stairs, and also to bringing in baby in the baby carrier without having to climb all those stairs.

Forward thinking and lots of excitement in my days!