The baby isn't here yet, but we're staying very busy with renovation projects. We must be gluttons for punishment, because we decided to gut one of our bathrooms about six or eight weeks before Pistachio's due date. Seeing as we aren't contractors and we have full-time jobs of our own, the reconstructions has not been instantaneous. Granddaddy Blacka has made several trips from Stuarts Draft to install a bath exhaust fan and upgrade the electricity in the small bathroom. We now have TWO honest-to-goodness, ground-fault protected electric receptacles in the bathroom. The next steps will be to get our plumber friend to rough in the plumbing for a shower, install cement board and drywall, and lay the ceramic tile we ordered last week.
The bathroom isn't the only project we're "enduring" right now. Our carpenter friends are building in a very nice desk/cabinet/shelf unit in Mommy's new home office, as well as some cabinetry in the laundry room. We aren't building an addition to the house, but we're making more space by adding places to hide clutter.
We should be getting carpet for the nursery this week. After that, Grankaky (that's Grandmommy Doyle) will put on her scrubby clothes and work her painting magic throughout the house. It sure will be nice to be able to get the house put back together - as much as we would love for the baby to arrive early, it really would be best if he or she could wait until we have things situated a little better in the house.
On a sad note, our sweet, sweet Lady dog passed away this week. She had been sick over the weekend, and her body just gave out on Monday evening. Mommy Aaron is very sad that Pistachio will never get to know Lady, but we're grateful that Lady didn't linger too long with miserable ailments. Part of me wonders if Lady looked around at all of the chaos in the house and said, "My goodness, these people don't have enough room for two dogs AND a baby," and decided to contribute to our nesting efforts by making more space in the house.
There's no question that dealing with a very sick dog would have been quite difficult with a newborn, be we would have cared for Lady with lots of love, had she needed it. However, we accept as a blessing the fact that we will not have to split our attention between an infant and an ailing dog - that wouldn't have been pleasant for us, the baby, or the dog. We're also glad that we did not have to make the decision to put Lady "down" - she passed fairly quickly, at her own time, with Mommy and Cassius by her side.
As much as Lady's death has saddened us (especially Aaron), we continue to enjoy Cassius' companionship. We also know that Pistachio's arrival will be so exciting and will add so much joy to our household!
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