my Trev

love him.

List of whatever i want it to be about

I've been trying to fit my little random thoughts into some sort of cohesive heading or category. Forget it. Here is my list of completely unrelated facts i feel like sharing in no particular order.

1. today i have actually done design work all day long. This is the first time in the 10 months I've had this job. I find this highly ironic for inferred but yet undisclosed reasons.

2. I think one of the grossest things I've ever done was fishing raw chicken out of the drain in the bathroom sink. Had the pleasure of that feat last night during my determination to make chicken, mashed potatoes, garlic bread and green beans----without a working kitchen. Ambitious? Yes. Messy? Yes. Worth it? Oh yea. Nothing beats eating exactly what you want while pregnant. This is probably the most enjoyable thing about pregnancy so far (besides all the obvious good stuff like finding out he's a boy, bringing a child into the world etc).

3. I really need some new music. Ideally something that is a cross between the Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin meets whoever sings that "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby" song. Whatever though, i just need some new stuff. Please send recommendations.

4. Found some pants that fit! this is big news. I found some non-maternity black linen elastic waist (but not granny looking) pants that i can wear to work. I am now working with 3 pairs of pants. This is big news. I love Target.

5. I love fried food and salads. Those are my 2 consistent cravings so far. An ideal world would be a daily lunch of glorious friend chicken salad. YUM!! Love it.

Ok, well that's all i have for now. But who knows what will be next? Monsters? Aliens? Or just another picture post of our kitchen, stay tuned folks, you won't want to miss it, whatever it is.

The Renovation Station

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to renovation station.

The problem: the floor is falling in in the kitchen/dining room

The solution: replace everything. yes, everything.

Step one: take out the door and windows in the kitchen. Frame, insulate and brick up the wall.

Before:

After: (as of now)

Step Two: Remove dividing wall between the kitchen and the living room.

Before: (p.s. our love seat used to be on this wall)

After: (as of now)

Step Three: Raise annoyingly low support beam above the stairs.

(sorry no before picture)

After:

Step Four: Build support beam in the attic to hold most of the weight that was taken out of the wall. Also pictures is the OSB that Trev laid in the attic for better maneuverability.

Here is a VERY rough sketch of the new plan for the kitchen---

things to note:

- There will be an "L" shaped island where the dividing wall used to be thus creating a new open floor layout.

-Oven is going roughly where the sink was in the old layout.

- Fridge is going roughly where the door to the outside was.

- Sink and dishwasher and pull out hidden trash will be in the new island (where the old fridge/pantry and oven were)

- The new pantry will be twice as big as the old one

- The cabinets will be floor to ceiling

p.s. I'm sure this would be much much better if Trev had drawn it but as you know, he refuses to contribute or even comment on the blog. sigh. However it is worth noting and celebrating and rejoicing and praising the fact that he has done all of the renovation by himself (with some much appreciated help from willing friends). He is my darling handy man. I told our son that he should be helping his father but he apparently timed his arrival to occur AFTER the completion of the kitchen. Convenient....

googlicious

One of my favorite things to do is search google images. You just never know what will show up. Sometimes funny, often times unrelated, and frequently awkward and embarassing--overall it is grand.

Here are some pictures i found this past week that i like. a lot.

* this is very impressive...

i saw this picture and decided that this is my ideal hair. I'm counting on the baby hormones and prenatal vitamins to add those extra 8 inches in the next month or so. I think that's reasonable.

*p.s. yes mom i know what you are thinking and to be entirely honest and specific i would want this hair at about 22% less "poofiness".

this song in my head...

today there is an old song in my head. It goes something like this.


It's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy, it's a boy.
Praise ye the Lord.
(repeat)


Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.

Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.

Praise ye the Lord. It's a boy.

Praise ye the Lord!


In honor of the song here is a picture of our little man conveniently outlined for your viewing ease.


as you can see he's doing some warm-up yoga stretches. Very cute. Either that or he's trying to cover his ears because his mother is shouting "hurray" so loudly. Yea, probably the latter. :)

Well now that we know that this little fellow is indeed a little fellow there are a couple of problems that have arisen.

1. A name.
We had a girl name we were pretty happy with but have yet to determine one single boy name that we are both happy with. Sigh. I have searched the highest mountains and crossed the widest seas (of the internet that is) and am growing more and more (fat?) no, concerned. ok, fine, fat too. ;) Here's our criteria: we want a name that is unique aka not common, but not confusing. We want a name that sounds good with Taylor and preferably one that means something (in other words we don't' want to name our son something that means 'silly pants' or something negative).
ok, consider this the official invitation to send all suggestions you might have. Seriously, we could use all the help we can get.

2. Music control
What i mean by this is that Trevor has already expressed concern about the amount of Amy Grant this baby will be subjected to. I think he would have been more understanding had it been a girl, however since it is a boy he is planning on laying down some listening limitations. I can see this putting a damper on my nightly 2 hour sessions of blasting "Baby Baby" through the headphones on my stomach...

3. did i mention a name?
yes? Ok fine just wanted to make sure that was adequately covered as a concern.

Alright then more later on other big endeavors we are delving into in the Taylor household.

Stay tuned.

*p.s. yes the blog is now green in honor of the new male addition to our family. :)

boy oh boy i'm glad it's a....

wait for it....


wait for it...


almost there...


almost...


...a boy!!!

wahoo!!!


the little guy was super squirmy and doing all of these tricks for us. He started out sitting indian style and then he was resting his hand on his head (probably saluting Trevor to show respect), and then he started dancing (where not sure where those genes came from) then he did some back flips and a triple lux. Yes, the jury is out and this is one talented young man.

Now we are working names and nursery decor. you know, the fun stuff.

more soon...

Today is my favorite day

today.

3pm.

Lord willing and baby cooperating,

we will find out the gender of our large onion (where do they come up with these comparisons?)

Oh how excited i am! Soooooooo excited.

I had a dream the other night that we found out it was a boy, i woke up and was so excited. Then i fell back asleep and had the exact same dream, except it was a girl! This time i woke up annoyed, come on, so much for premonition dreams. I mean, what am i supposed to think? (don't you even think it!)

We've got a girl name we like, but still clueless on boy names...sigh so we gave up until today....oh i can't wait, i can't wait, i can't wait!!!!! (so much for learning patience huh?)

ok, stay tuned, more exciting info to come later today!!!

(oh and please pray for a cooperating baby!!)