Check that Off the List!

The mural is done. Finished. Completed. Colorful. Beautiful. Just what I have imagined and dreamed of for the past four years. It looks fantastic!

Check out the photos below (note the finished trim in some of the pictures; note the ceiling fans we put in (including a photo of the master bedroom fan/trim, as well) -- remember that the nursery room didn't have a single light fixture in it when we moved in ... look at what three years can do for a room! LOL!!)

It feels so good to have these little details coming together. Now, we still have some painting to do, and we have to finish the windows and build out the closets, but it is getting there. We have a lot of work to do, but it won't be happening this weekend. No, this weekend it a time for celebration and relaxing. This weekend is a time for Tim and me to connect as a couple before we become Daddy and Mommy. This weekend, we celebrate our 5 Year Anniversary! How fun is that?! Let's just say that as fast as these past nine months have gone, the past five years have gone even faster!! I cannot believe that we are celebrating already. I keep trying to think back to what I was doing this time five years ago ... well, I am sure I was going crazy! Family was just starting to arrive, last-minute details were being completed, I was picking up my dress (and forgetting my veil! -- thanks to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Micah and Brandi, for picking that up for me on my wedding day!!), moving into the apartment ... that was such a fun time. It truly was a beautiful day, and it couldn't have been more perfect!

We had a check-up yesterday and all is good. Baby Liby's heartbeat ranged from 154 - 144 bpm while we listened in. Linda also pointed out Baby's back to me and explained to me how (s)he was laying. Amazing.

There is a fabulous foreign movie, titled Life is Beautiful. Honestly, one of the best movies ever -- and I am not joking; if you haven't seen it, rent it and watch it today -- it is that good! It is sub-titled, but before too long, you don't even realize that you are reading the sub-titles. Anyway, I agree. Life is beautiful.

Love,
Katie