The BIGGEST thank you!!!!!

The BIGGEST thank you in the world goes out to the two wonderful ladies that Brad and I call MOM!  Spring Break was jammed packed with baby projects for us to accomplish and these two ladies were the best reinforcement anyone could ask for!  This is a long post... but there are pics at the end!!!!

Projects- Brad has been working on some of these projects after work when he gets a chance-

Sand and stain dresser/changing table and night stand,

Strip, sand, stain and paint crib,

Paint baby room

Tear out old Carpet - Thanks to the Dogs!

It started last Friday when my mom arrived, within 30 minutes of her getting her car unloaded, I loaded it back up with things to take to Lowe's.  We had a nice mani/pedi before our work weekend began!  Saturday morning we met up with Rachel and her mom to do some much needed shopping for Maternity Clothes.  Although shopping is fun, my dogs were barking and ready for a break... but we took no breaks, we got home grabbed Brad, who had been working hard on stripping and sanding furniture, and headed back to Lowe's for paint supplies.  We enjoyed some yummy barbeque and then it was back to work.  Mom and I taped and painted the first coat in Tucker's room and before we knew it my "bedtime" was way passed.  We woke up Sunday morning, forgetting about the time change and missed church... what can you do?  Brad got to work on the furniture once again and Mom and I headed out to Target to create my baby registry... so many choices and decisions... ate lunch.... then it was on to Babies R Us to create that registry... more things to look at than Target, which just meant more confusion and exhaustion.... But that didn't stop us, we had a baby room to paint!!! By about 10:30 Sunday night we could barely keep our eyes open and our bodies were tired... I tried to sleep in on Monday, but my to do list was too long!!!  Mom and I ran around again getting different errands done before she took Brad and I out to dinner at our favorite Sho Guns!  Mom, I can't thank you enough for everything! We love you so much!

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- were a little more low key, but I still had plenty to get done! Brad and I decided that our freshly painted baby boys room looked far to pink... stupid beige colors and their pink undertones.  As I coped with the fact that we would indeed have to repaint I got some other tasks out of the way... I sanded the furniture some, cleaned the house and of course had a girly day and night with friends! 

Margaret arrived Thursday evening to help me out while Brad was at the Ranch for a much deserved guys weekend! Seriously, he has been working so hard!!!  Margaret is known to be quite the work horse in her family and she did not disappoint!  Lets just say that by lunch time Friday we had gone to the paint store, Lowe's and sonic (Margaret's route 44 diet coke is what keeps her going) and had finished re-painting Tucker's room!  To say I was impressed is one thing, but when Brad called to get an update and I told him we were done...  he was shocked!  After our quick lunch we started on our biggest task... finish sanding all the furniture and the crib... Margaret sanded by hand to get some of the smaller more detailed spots, while I used the sander on the bigger pieces... by early evening the sander broke, we were out of sand paper and we still weren't finished... Back to Lowe's we went, grabbed dinner, strolled through Home Depot (just incase we missed something at Lowe's) and then it was back to work... by about 11:30 Friday night all the furniture was sanded and ready to be stained/painted the next day.  We started Saturday around 9:30 clearing out the garage - Thanks to the Shop Vac- and by about 10:30 we were staining the crib.

 ***Side Bar- we wanted a red, rustic looking crib- so we had to stain it first then paint it red *** 

With the crib stained we grabbed a quick lunch and then it was back to paint the crib... We had a pretty good system down... but it took a while... by 5:30 Margaret had to head back to Waco... it was at this point that we realized the only time we had sat down all day was when we quickly scarffed down our lunch... Talk about achy legs and back! Margaret I definitely could not have put in the hours and gotten the work done without you! We love you so much!

Sunday- EXHAUSTION! Oh my word... I took a look back at my week and could not believe everything that was accomplished... Tucker I hope you love your baby room, even though you won't remember it (just cried a little typing that), because your parents and grandparents put a lot of hard hours in!!!

And Now the moment you have been waiting for....PICTURES!!!!!

The Crib- Rustic Red!!!

Look at that wall color! No Pink!!! Perfection!

This picture shows the stain that will be on the other furniture once Brad puts the finishing touches on!!! This is one of the drawers!

I am loving how everything is turning out! 

Here is the bedding that is going in the crib... not sure I ever told the blog world that I had decided to change it from the first bedding I picked!



Still to Do: 

Finish and Stain Furniture

Put Finishing coat on Crib

Tear out the carpet

Get new carpet installed

Touch up the base boards

Figure out how the crib goes together

Have a baby!