WE'RE ON HOLIDAYS...

Scott and I are on holidays this week from work. Most would think, "Good for you guys, it'll give you some time to relax and to spend time together before you become a family of three!" WRONG! We took these holidays for one reason and one reason only...to get a good start on our basement where Asha's room is going to be. This is something that I have stressed about for so long as I know that it would not be good to be renovating when Asha is here. The time to finish the basement is NOW!

So Scott being the "handy-man" he is, began working to finish the basement in October. Now if any of you know Scott personally you know that the word Scott and handy-man do not go together, but let me tell you...Scott has become quite the Mike Holmes! He not only surprised me and our families, but I think he actually surprised himself. I am so proud of him. He did all the framing himself and did the electrical with his Uncle Grant.

Here is Scott taking a rest in Asha's room from all of his hard work.So, if Scott got everything else ready, then who did the drywalling? Well, we have been so blessed to have two couples we have known for years who are wonderful friends - they have been with us through thick and thin. The two husbands happen to be brothers and they own their own drywall company. More than anything, they wanted to be here for us to get the basement ready for Asha. They came on the weekend and in one day we saw the basement be tranformed from only being framed to being completely drywalled; and because the whole reason for doing the basement was for Asha, they did it all as a special gift for their neice for no charge. What a huge blessing that was to us! Thank you Uncle Curt and Uncle Shawn!

My Dad and Scott worked on the taping of all of the rooms on the weekend. The mudding is a time consuming and tiring job so this whole week Scott has been hard at work to get all the mudding done. Our hope is to be able to prime on Sunday and then start painting on Monday but we'll have to see how things go.

If you look very carefully, you can see the main inspiration for working on the basement. A picture of Asha is hanging on the right wall and Scott has been moving it from room to room to keep him motivated!

I have connected with several other families who are in the process of adopting and are actually in the same waiting period as us - just waiting to hear that they can come pick up their little ones. It is awesome because they live in Saskatchewan as well and our children are all around the same age; it is so nice to have that connection. I have been fortunate enough to watch their baby rooms come together and have yearned to start Asha's room. With all the work being done, being a Mom is starting to feel even closer and more real. I can't wait until the day when I can sit in her room (even if she's not here yet) and just soak in everything - her crib, dresser, the butterfly garden that her Daddy is going to paint for her, all her little outfits hanging in the closet. That is going to be one of the best days of my life. Now, all we need is our girl to be home and sleeping in her crib...that is what will make her room complete and perfect.