The Nursery Part III

My parents came this weekend to help us out with the nursery. Here are the pics from tonight. This first one is the room with the beadboard up and the second picture is after Scott got the chair rail up. Tomorrow my dad is going to put up the wallpaper border before they head back home. We still have to paint the beadboard and chair rail and also the floating shelves and we're still deciding what we want to do with the crib but we've decided not to paint the dresser. Enjoy the pics and keep an eye out because we'll add more pics as we complete new things.

The Nursery Part III

The Scoop

So this is going to be a bit of a hodge podge of the events over the last week or so. Well Scott is really enjoying teaching and just finished up his first week at Pilot Point High. His kids have been bugging him about going to their games so we went tonight for the first half of the the first football game of the season...Pilot Point vs. Whitesboro. We had to leave at half time because I couldn't take the heat or the bugs any longer but Pilot Point was leading 22 to 13!

I went back to the doctor on Tuesday for my 6 month checkup. My blood pressure was borderline high and after talking to the doctor about the amount of pain I've been in he threatened to put me on bed rest for the remainder of my pregnancy. So I might not mind the resting part but we definitely cannot afford for me to not work and especially not for 4 months.

Other than that we've just continued to work on the nursery and Scott is getting ready to take his emergency certification test on September 8th.

The Nursery Part II

Okay so here's part II of the nursery. I've been bugging Scott to go ahead and paint the walls but he kept putting it off. Wednesday Scott truly learned the meaning of being in the doghouse so while I was out having icecream with Jen and Ang, he decided to do some MAJOR kissing up by going ahead and painting.

We've talked about doing stripes in red and blue...it sort of looks like an old fashioned flag...but once we got the base color up Scott started thinking that maybe he just wanted to stick with this one color sooooo...I have no clue what we'll end up with.

My parents are on their way as I write this to help us finish up most of the nursery over the weekend. Basically, I will be on my princess throne directing while everyone else paints. I'm a bit disappointed about this but since the doctor has threatened me with bed rest if I don't take it easy then I'm definitely going to follow instructions!

On a side note....I am SOOOO happy because my wallpaper border arrived so we'll have that to complete the nursery. USA Wallpaper told me it was going to be at least another 2 weeks but the package was laying on the front porch when I got home. Now I had no idea it was coming since I never got the tracking number email I was promised but I'm just happy I have the border. I'll be posting more pictures throughout the weekend as different projects are completed so keep an eye out!

Starting Out the Nursery

Yesterday Scott started on Sarah's nursery. The first pic is our before. We should've taken pictures of the wall paper border that was up too. Our wonderful renters...and I say this with a great deal of sarcasm....decided to decorate the "nursery" before we came back to Texas. I have been calling this the throw up room but thankfully now we can make it look beautiful again! The renters left the ceiling the mocha color the walls and ceiling were originally painted and then painted the top half of the room bubble gum pink and the bottom half the most hideous shade of green on the planet! This green is so bad that I'm fairly certain it doesn't even exist in nature! Okay, I'm off my soap box for now. So, the next picture is after Scott put primer all over the walls and ceiling. The last picture shows the ceiling completely painted. By the way, the lighting is funny in these so the color is Ecru, not gray in case you happened to care. My parents are coming Labor Day weekend to help us finish up or at least mostly finish up the nursery. Hopefully Scott will get around to painting the top half of the walls and the furniture before they come. I am SO JEALOUS because I want to help but unfortunately the fumes are too strong in that room for me to be in there for more than a minute or two. Keep an eye out because I'll be updating our progress with new pics.

Scott's New Job

God has really blessed us! We have been praying for a career change for Scott for sometime now. A few months ago, we felt that God was calling Scott to teach and coach. Scott has his bachelors but no teaching degree but we knew that he could apply for and test for his emergency certification. He applied for several positions with Pilot Point ISD but when we started checking into the emergency certification we hit a wall. The state board of education basically told us that there were only 3 ISD's in the state of Texas that could accept teachers with an emergency cert. so at that point in time we felt like maybe Scott wasn't supposed to do this teaching thing yet. About 2 weeks ago, Scott got a phone call from the Vice Principal at Pilot Point High School. They were looking for a chemistry teacher. That phone call has totally changed our lives! The last 2 weeks have been a total whirlwind as Scott has rushed to get college transcripts and sign up for the emergency cert. test, etc. He starts his job as the new chemistry teacher at Pilot Point High on Monday. He'll also be teaching a biology class. We were hoping he would be coaching as well but apparently God has other plans for us as we found out that he didn't get the coaching position as well. It's weird because I was a little disappointed simply because Scott really wanted to coach but I wasn't worried because I knew that God just had other plans. Say a prayer for Scott as he starts this new career. I think he's going to make a wonderful teacher! He'll take his emergency cert. test on September 8 and will work on his teaching certificate over this next year.

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to those who seek Him. Lamentations 3:25