Well, Greg did it...all the rooms now have mirrored closet doors!! We did Karyl's new room and the office first...then he did Freddie's room Saturday...and today he had to bring in the big guns to help do our room...
In comes Uncle David...
I obviously couldn't be any help since I can't really work while on a ladder or lift large heavy objects (which is REALLY frustrating!!) so he called Uncle David and offered him a home cooked meal if he'd help...he was more than willing for some chicken enchiladas and Mississippi Mud Pie!! These are the before and after pictures they took...as you can see we had the plain old wood sliding doors from the 70s before. And, to give you some perspective, the doors are 96 inches (8 feet) tall, and the opening to the closet is almost 8 feet as well (I think it's 91 inches), which is why Greg needed the help, those doors are HUGE!!!
So, you can see how closed off and just white our room looks with the solid doors...and then with the mirrors...TAH DAH!!!
Granted you can see some of the mess in the room, those mirrors totally opened up the room and made it seem twice as large!!! It's so much nicer looking at the TV and not just seeing solid wall next to it! Now we just have to paint our room, we have a really pretty blue color for that, it'll get done eventually (Greg's going to put up crown moulding too!!).
So, now that Greg's finished his major project on his to-do list before Nicole comes he can relax!! He has been working hard this weekend to help me get the house clean since I'm a little slow and I have to stop and sit a lot...my doctor had warned me that I would have more contractions simply because Nicole is so large, and she was right!! Yesterday and Saturday night I actually had a few real contractions, the kind that hurt!! But they were small and random....so there's no worry about labor anytime soon, I just have to be careful and do a lot of sitting and water drinking!!
The house is coming together and we are so close to being ready for Nicole. I think we got all the absolute necessities out of the way yesterday so that if Nicole were to come today we would be ready. Which includes a HUGE thank you to Greg's mom and sisters for helping me sort through the sea of pink baby clothes yesterday!! I knew we had lots of clothes from Karyl, but I really thought I might have been over-imagining the amount...I wasn't at all!!! I swear, Nicole won't have to wear anything more than once!! I have to admit it was fun to remember all those outfits and the times Karyl wore them...it will be weird to see another baby in them, but I'm glad we saved them and that they are all in mint condition (Karyl grew so fast she was only in each size for maybe 3 weeks!!).
Now to figure out what to take to the hospital for Nicole to wear home!!
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