My Painting Muscles Hurt.

So, what have we been up to lately? Paint, Paint, Paint! And very little time to blog. I seriously feel like I've been handpicked out of my life as a nurse and plopped straight into a brand new episode of This Old House. Just without the.. experience.

This past weekend (and the next three weekends coming) Hubs and I will be shoulder-deep in all things house. Stripping carpets, sanding, spackling, refurbishing and painting are all very recent additions to this girl's daily vocabulary. Don't worry- while the boys strip, sand and spackle, the girls shop. This pregnant lady has to contribute somehow and what better way? Let's not even talk about our trip to HomeGoods, which just so happened to be attached to a TJMaxx, which just so happened to have some of THE cutest baby boy clothes I've ever seen in my entire life. I won't even mention that, while looking for an accent chair, I happened to buy close to $100 necessities for Baby Boy M, including but not limited to sleeper sacks and RL Polo seersucker overalls. Nope, not even gonna mention it.

Here are a few pictures (albeit crappy iPhone pictures) of our weekend:

Our new home:

Hubs getting my paint ready for the unfinished living/dining rooms:

Behr Premium Ultra Plus in Cricket (green) and Spiced Cashew (yellow):

The dining room - ready for crown molding and our chair rail:

Our half-finished family room in Wheat Bread:

Needless to say, we've been quite busy! And we certainly couldn't have done it without my favorite brother-in-law and future sister-in-love! As you can see, the flooring leaves little to be desired and it's our hope that we'll have our new hardwood floors installed later this week! Even though my painting muscles are sore (painting muscles? which ones are those, might you ask? Oh, All of them.) I know it's worth every little ache as we watch our first home come together!

Oh, and one more thing. Meet my newest love. Our brand new sectional due to arrive mid-April.

So there you have it. Two days of manual labor. Shopping counts as manual labor, right? All I know is, this pregnant momma could use a massage! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Stay tuned for Bumpdates and some more episodes of This Old House, er.. Our New House!