Week 17

This has been a crazy week (which is why blogging pictures and anecdotes has taken a backseat to keeping Liam from playing with power tools).

On Tuesday we were told by the contractor(‘s helper) that it would be no problem for us to be back in the house and that Liam’s nap wouldn’t interfere with anything as what they had left to do was minor.  This resulted in late, shortened naps for three straight days and Liam in a puddle on the floor by Friday afternoon.  It also resulted in Mom and me running errands for the sake of getting us out of the house and copious amounts of Thomas The Tank Engine viewings downstairs in the family room.  Keeping a curious toddler away from power tools, wet paint, and an insane amount of dirt and dust isn’t easy and by the end of the week we were spent.

On Wednesday we were told that they’d be finished on Thursday.  On Thursday we were told that they’d be finished by Liam’s nap on Friday.  On Friday about a half hour after Liam was supposed to go down for his nap we were told that they’d be finished by the end of the day on Friday.  At the end of the day on Friday we were told that they’ll be finished by Liam’s naptime on Monday.  God help us if it goes past that time (although I’m not holding my breath anymore).

All that was a long way to say that it’s been an even longer week at The Connolly Ranch.  It’s now 9:30pm and I’m more than ready for bed so I’m going to get this show on the road.

Week 17 during my pregnancy with Liam:

Week 17 in this pregnancy (which looks basically identical to last week’s shot, but I assure you that if you look carefully enough you’ll notice the difference in the swollen, bloodshot, half-closed eyes):

I was asked last night if I think I’ll be brave enough to keep this up until the end.  I said that I would, but I’m thinking we’ll just have to see how things progress…