One Project at a Time

This week Scott was off, so we decided to tackle several projects that we needed to get done-- preferably before Caroline makes her debut! First on the list was setting up Luke's new "big boy room". We had to move the office out into the bonus room so we could move him into the office space.

Luke's new room is cute. He has a blue race car bed which we pray he will transition into easily when we finally decide it's time for him to leave the crib. We hope to go ahead and have him start sleeping in the new room so that he will already feel comfortable and at home and not feel like he was kicked out when Caroline comes home. We'll probably move his crib into the room first for a couple of weeks until he is used to the idea and the prospect of sleeping in an actual bed. He's still a baby-- not even two. We really want to stay aware of this and not try to rush him into growing up too quickly just because a new baby is on the way.

We still have much work to do on his room, but we're getting close. I hope to get started on his race flag curtains in the next few days. We need to put up another shelf in his closet... It will all get done eventually.

We can hardly believe that we are a single day away from 2006!!! Not too many weeks ago, 2006 seemed like an eternity away. We were so hopeful that we would make it to the new year and reach the big 30 week milestone-- now, here we are! Praise God!!! He is so faithful! Being the completely sentimental type, I can only dream about what lies ahead of us in 2006. I can't even imagine what having a new little girl in our family will be like! How fun it will be to watch Luke grow into his new role as "big brother"! I am looking forward to getting back into a normal routine-- especially getting back to the Y every day. I'm even looking forward to being able to clean the house, wash clothes, and cook again!

(Don't hold me to that one!)

We will always remember 2005 as the year we learned that we can make it through anything as long as we work as a team. We learned that only God can bring true peace in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. We learned that good friends and wonderful family are some of God's biggest blessings to us in this life. And, we continued to learn that being parents is the BEST job in the world!