We finished our kitchen, completely... paint and all. Now, every time I walk in there I get a little excited. It looks so different and so clean! New paint does wonders. We also repainted our front room and have started transforming that into a little sitting area, think home teachers. That room is slowly but surely turning into my favorite room. I love the big window and the fun clock (thanks parents!). We also finally finished a desk for Shaun. We converted one of the rooms into an office and wanted to have 2 big desks where we can both sit and have home work date nights... which is what we will be doing tonight.
Speaking of homework and school. Grad school is wild. I thought it would be easy but there is SO MUCH TO DO! I am instantly in awe that Shaun works full time and also is a full time MBA student. Granted he isn't technically full time since he only goes nights, but he sure does have quite the work load! But, I am really excited to be doing my masters. I'm not sure if I will ever use it fully but it was a goal of mine that I have had from the day I started my undergrad and thankfully I married a guy who is encouraging me to achieve it! Shaun's school is going good too, he is taking a negotiations and a international business class. His negotiations class is all role plays and he comes home each week with some pretty funny stories from it. He is loving the negotiations class and I'm not sure if i'm completely comfortable with it. Shaun already was pretty good and making solid points no one could argue with, but this has taken things to a new level and its a dangerous thing!
Shaun also accepted an offer for a new job in the marketing department as a senior marketing specialist! Its such a great thing and he is so excited to get out of demand planning, its been a hard 2 years for him having nothing to do with the equipment. This job will take him to all the field days, farm shows, and tractor rides he can dream of!
Shaun also has taken his love for tractors and farming and started decorating the "baby room". We have always wanted to make a room in our house designated to displaying all of Shaun's model tractors. Well, since were having a boy we decided what better room to make it than his!? It has been great to see Shaun create and design a room dedicated to to his prized possessions. Hopefully the little guy ends up liking tractors and farming as much as Shaun or we may have a issue on our hands.
My work is going great as well. I truly love it. Some days I get pretty fed up with all fires that seem to always have to be put out but in the end it is a great job. I love my clients and I love the teams I have for each case. We're now trying to decide if I should go back to work or not (post baby) and it is the hardest decision I have ever had to make. I know some have a hard time deciding this when it comes to that point as well but giving up something that is turning into my dream career and constantly avoiding the conversation of being promoted is torture! Sure, we sacrifice but.... holy cow this is a huge one.
But on a good note the baby is growing and developing right on schedule. I'm now at the 33 week mark so just 2 more months and we're done with this pregnancy thing! It goes by so fast! Each day I go back and forth on how much time we have left. To be in this pregnant state for 2 more months sounds like an eternity, but only 2 more months till we have a baby is super scary. Pretty much, baby can cook as long as it needs because i'm no where ready to be a mom. A mom... ugh. However, Shaun is ready which is so so good. He's the calm to this storm of anxiety I create each time I think about only having 2 more months.
Anyways, here are some before and after of our kitchen!
