I May Have Cried

What a whirlwind week this past week has been! On April 25th our little girl, Elizabeth Anne, was born at 10:20 am via c-section. Her delivery went so much better than her older brother's and the care I received at this hospital versus the hospital we had our son at was night and day difference. The nurses this time were so kind and great. I just couldn't believe the difference. We were released on Saturday and then the fun began.

Now that Little Miss was born we decided to hit the ground running to work on getting the house ready for market. While we did not get nearly as much done as we wanted due to lack of sleep, adjusting to another child, and having a very busy and bored toddler, we did make some progress. We had granite countertops and new sinks installed in both bathrooms. We did not initially plan on this, but because we had to replace the sinks anyway and they had to be custom ordered it was almost the same price as putting in custom sized sinks. (The "lovely" builders did not use a standard sized sinks or countertops.) We also hired movers to come in and move the bigger, heavier things to a storage unit so that we can not only paint and do flooring but also to start staging. This meant that the armoir, some exercise equipment, 2 chests from grandparents, a dresser, boxes, and the piano are now all gone.

I have to admit that I cried when I saw them remove the piano. I truly have a love/hate relationship with the piano. It has become a source of frustration with a two year old who has found every hole and crevice to stick things in, but I have loved to watch the same little one find such joy and pleasure playing it and discovering a love of music. I felt so guilty having it taken out of the house, especially when I don't know when we will see it again. It doesn't help that he asks at least daily where it is. I so hope that we are able to find it a permanent place in our "permanent" home soon!

We have bids on flooring and have picked out what we are going to do, we just are trying to figure out when we can do it and get the money together to pay for it. We also have the paint bought for the living room. Once the cracks in the walls are fixed, that will be completed as well. I still need to sort through a ton of stuff downstairs and the deck needs to be repainted. I also need to work on the flower beds in the front but that will need to wait until it is warmer at night.

I know we are getting closer to listing the house, but it still seems so far away, especially since the time we have to work on all of this is so limited. Not to mention we have the stress from my husband's work and what will happen when he goes back. Right now we are just hoping praying and asking for the prayers of others that his manager's heart will be softened so that he can stay in town. With the lack of sleep we are getting and me being on restriction while I am recovering, having him be so far away will be a safety issue and put a huge strain on us physically, emotionally, and financially. Needless to stay we are on pins and needles and very worried. I really miss the old contractor at this point.

That is our life in a nutshell at this point of time. Pictures will be coming soon.