Honey DO

One of the reasons that I nag Travis so much to get things done that seem like big tasks...is because I know that he can do just about anything. When we first moved into our house years ago, there was something (I can't even remember what it was now) that was messed up for over a year. He knew it was. I knew it was. And then one day, he just came in and fixed it in about 5 minutes. I remember going, "Um, why the heck didn't you do that a YEAR AND A HALF AGO?" He laughed and said, "I don't know." He's done that to me NUMEROUS times, so now, I can pretty much drive him crazy about anything because I know he is capable to get done what I want done. I simply want him to fulfill all of his potential. :) So a few weeks ago, I informed him that I was almost finished with my 2nd trimester of pregnancy and reminded him that there are only three to make a full grown baby ready to be birthed. I've got several irons in the fire when it comes to this child's room, but very few of them are complete yet. (Translated: None of them are complete or even started.)

None of them could really even begin until the room was painted. Enter Travis. Everyone thinks I have it made being married to a painter. That would be false. Apparently, I don't pay him enough like his other customers so I'm not high on the list. But where I don't fulfill in payment, I can fulfill in causing misery. You ladies know what I mean. So since yesterday was LABOR DAY and Travis took off work early, I thought "What better day to paint HERE?" He didn't seem to agree. It was 5:00 before he got started. He asked me what exactly I wanted done. Really? Knowing we had 3 different paint colors sitting upstairs, I didn't really know why that question was necessary. BUT beginning at 5pm and being completely done at 9:30 pm (and eating dinner in the midst of that), he did complete 2 of the 3 tasks I had for him to do yesterday: painting the baby's room and the boys' bathroom. Completely. Two to three coats in about 4 hours or less.

The kids just thought it was AWESOME to watch him paint. Jaggar said, "Daddy, that paint is so beautiful." Ha! I love him.

The dresser that was Sage's was pulled from the wall, and we discovered this: her chewed up gum collection that she apparently hid...in the floor behind it for God knows how long??? We called her upstairs and said, "Sage, we pulled your old dresser out..." she said, "I already know what you're going to say." Chrissie said, "That is awesome and disgusting," which I found to be an accurate description of children.

Here it is...one last look at Kevin's work that he did 8 years ago now. Sigh... I just didn't think that pink giraffes were appropriate for this new boy. Travis sanded it down and put 3 coats on this wall so these are but a memory. The color I chose is called Winter's Day. Travis and I go round and round about colors. I wanted a very, very light gray, and he was pleased with what I chose.

And here is the boys' bathroom in Ocean Fog. This bathroom was hot, HOT pink. I have this color--Ocean Fog-- more than any other color in our house. It's in our family room, half bath, and Sage's room and bath. It's so soothing and pretty to me. So...we have a start. Up next on Travis' list for this week is the crib, and I have a really fun color picked out for that. Stay tuned. :)