It's true...I have a belly bump

15 weeks 

16 weeks  

This last weekend was quite busy. Our stake put on a President's ball. I wasn't going to even mention it to Shaun because he really loathes dances. A few weeks before, the representative from our ward talked Shaun into getting tickets. The funny part was it didn't occur to him that a ball meant dancing. :) He just thought it was going to be a dinner. But in the end we had a great time and enjoyed a very yummy dinner. I even got Shaun out on the dance floor. 

 We went with Craig and Heidi from our ward...fun times. 

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Saturday we went and did sealings at the Columbus Temple with Boyd and Allison. They moved to Cleveland about the same time we moved to Wooster which is only about an hour away. 

Then we went out for a nice dinner. It was a very enjoyable day!! 

On the way home we stopped at a mall in Columbus. We don't have a mall within at least 25 minutes from our house so I wanted to check out some maternity clothes. The selection is VERY limited for sure. The funnest part was when ever Shaun would see a really large shirt or stretchy pants he would say. "this looks like maternity." or he would start quoting Nacho Libre about sweats and stretchy pants. It was pretty comical. I had to educate him that the Extra Extra large section does not = maternity. Ü 

By the way, Shaun finished the term with flying colors and it was great to spend some time together this weekend! 

Chapter 3: The Bedrooms

The Master Suite before...

Such nice Buttercream colored curtains. The walls were so dirty (remember the smell?) :( 

Lots and lots of brown trim everywhere. The worst part about these rooms is that they had a light switch with no overhead lights. I was constantly trying to turn on the light and nothing was turning on. The switch controlled the outlet just below the window. Why would anyone plug in a lamp right in front of a window?

Check out the carpet...from far away it just looks out of date. In reality, it was disgusting!! Also, do you see the lovely wallpaper border? This was a stubborn thing to get down. After trying various wallpaper removers and home remedies, we found that the best and cheapest way to remove wallpaper was to use plain old water in a spray bottle.

Carpet's out and the closets are painted. We painted the walls a warm, golden cream color. The ceiling also got a fresh coat of white paint. At this point we were living in the office in a huge mess.

We had an electrical box installed so I could put in an overhead ceiling fan. The white closet doors also help to brighten up the room.

This new carpet smells way better.

Now for the office: BEFORE

It was so dark all the time without overhead lights. These curtains hung all the way to the floor.

Look at how dirty the ceiling was right around the edges. The white paint helped to lighten up the room. How is Nicolette alway so happy when she is removing wallpaper?

If you look closely, you can see a line of dirt just below the scalloped edge of the boarder.

It's a little cluttered, but here is our office. We had to pick up a new desk because we lost the brackets to our old one in the move. We also put in a ceiling fan and painted the walls a nice neural pink.

We're going to have clear out the clutter soon though, and transform the office into a nursery :) !!!! (We might have to repaint it depending on the gender.)

September 4th is coming very soon. Nicolette is already 15 weeks along. Time to put up a baby counter.

a little encouragement...

Shaun has been working so hard with school! At Ohio State they do all of the course work in terms...meaning they squeeze a lot of info into 3/4 the time of a regular semester. On top of all of the research and lab work, he has to keep up with classes. One teacher he has had for the past two terms in a row. Part one of the class last term and part two this term. To make it worse this teacher is horrible at public speaking and very good at writing tests where "guess my thinking" is his thing. To make matters worse this class meets EVERYDAY! :( Anyway, Shaun has been feeling VERY burned out from the class (and his other classes, too) so I thought I would make him a little countdown to help the end of the term go faster. This is what Shaun found at his bedside yesterday. 

I think it will help a little. Ü 

p.s. The numbers are the dates in March... the 18th is the last day of finals. YEAH!