Nesting

Okay, so my wife has it BAD.  She is nesting!  For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, nesting is what expectant adoptive mothers (and maybe all mothers) do when they are preparing for a child.  

I equate this to the closest I will get to a pregnant wife.   She has cravings, 

but in a different way.  For example painting.  She was stressing about and itching, no craving, to paint the baby room.  This began in the summer, so I thought I did well and helped her paint two walls "Chocolate Fondue", as seen here.  She was also craving "setting up", so I helped put up not one, but two cribs (also in pic), because we are 

"expecting" 2 precious little ones.  

Well the past week or so, her painting "craving" came back and she just did not feel like the room was right yet.  So like a good, supportive husband, I went and got the paint, "Green Gable", seen here, and even started taping the walls for more paint (I also got 6, that's right 6, big rubbermaid bins FULL of clothes from my sister for Cher to look through that night).  Today we painted and are just about done, only a few minor touch ups, a second coat on the dots and some words on the wall.  

Here are some "in the process" and "completed" pics

First coat of "Green Gable"

The cribs moved away from the wall.

Cher painting the dots.

The finished product (almost).

Just need to write/paint the perfect phrase Cher thought of on the bare space on the green wall (I'm not going to tell you what it is yet - I believe I learned this from my bloggy friend, Linn - keeping you in suspense for a bit :P )

Notice the "cozies" waiting and ready for our 2 precious ones on the dresser.  Just one more small part of the nesting going on here at the Schalk house.  Now I must say, I kinda like it... don't completely understand it because I'm a man, but I like it and I am glad to be able to help in some small way with my nesting wife.  

Love ya hun!

Teach