No room at the Inn!

We had to install a window, it was a must! Chad's dad came and did this one afternoon.

This is the room after some of the sheet rock had gone up. I couldn't get a picture of the whole room, without getting in the way, but you can get the picture. The blue walls are NOT the colors I am using in the room. The garage walls are blue, so they will be painted over.

This is as the walls are being built.

When Chad and I first built this house, we knew it was only a temporary stomping ground. When we got married, my grandparents gave us some land, and we built a little "pool house" type thing, because 1-we are NEVER at home, 2-it was just us two, and 3-we are stingy with our money, and didn't see any point on spending it on a mortgage, when we could just live here cheap and still enjoy our previous lifestyles of spending money however and whenever we wanted to. So...brings us to February 2009 and realizing that come November it just wasn't going to be us two anymore, we were now going to have a little one. And guess what...that little one has nowhere to lay it's head! We have a 1 bedroom, 2 bath house! The living space is 1250sq/ft, and total house including the 3 car garage! is around 1500 sq/ft. So, if I were to just tell you the square footage of our house, it doesn't seem so bad, but, the baby doesn't have a room! So, we are in the process of building a room. The room was actually already there, in the garage, but it was unfinished, and we used it more for storage. So we (and by we I mean us, our families, and friends) are working diligently to finish the room, so that baby will feel welcome! And, never know that there was once "no room at the inn"!

What's in a name?!?!

OK, so many of you know that obviously Chad and I are expecting a little boy in November. Every decision thus far has been an easy one, and we have surprisingly agreed on everything. Until now! This little boy floating around inside of me, has NO name. Not even a half of a name. There is one thing for sure, it has a last name, but that's it! I don't think we can get away with calling it Painter for the rest of it's life, and I'm pretty sure that he won't like it, even if we did. So we are stuck, at nothing. We both like the name Wyatt and we both like the name Zeke. Here is where it begins to get a little tricky...I like Wyatt better than Zeke, and you guessed it! Chad likes Zeke better than Wyatt. So...here we are, stuck! Ahhhh, this is by far the most difficult decision thus far, and the only one that has caused us any grief! It's like we both have writer's block or something. Neither one of us can get past either name. I suggested that we both drop Wyatt and Zeke, and start from scratch. We CAN'T do it! Haha, this is terrible. Hopefully come November this little boy will have a name. If not, I hope he likes Painter, and that's it!

In the beginning...

So, I have been blogging off and on for the past year, but nothing serious and mostly for school. This week I will finish my Master's and decided since I have so much extra time on my hands (hence the sarcasm) that I would start another blog, one for friends and family. Just to keep everyone updated on the happenings in our life, and especially since there will soon be another Painter on this earth. I'm not going to make any promises towards blogging everyday, but I do promise to blog often. This will probably end up being a stress reliever for me, and hopefully a source of amusement for you. I will share things going on in the Painter household, things that are bothering me, and probably more than you care to read, so stay tuned....