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revisions

Guess I know now what you guys were hoping for! hee. Thanks for all the happy comments! I’m still absorbing. I know it’s going to be back to the drawing board for the baby’s room. Not that it’s going to end up a pink powder puff but this new development definitely opens things up. I’ve got my stacks of books and magazines ready and I’m going to go back through them with new eyes.

Of course, it will have to wait a bit because the weekend is upon us and that’s house hunting time around here. And as more pieces of the puzzle fall into place I’m more and more anxious to find the house to put them all in. I’m starting to think if it has a nice yard, a decent basement, enough space, let’s just flippin move in. So what if it’s a raised ranch or a bland pancake split level, let’s just get in there. Actually Tim and I have this idea that it’d be super fun to totally redo a house, a mod dwell magazine sort of makeover on some cookie cutter house. Of course how practical is it to look at your average house and think, ok we’ll cut out this whole wall and make it windows and we’ll lay bamboo flooring and over here build a conversation pit and knock out this kitchen and put in an ikea kitchen. That sounds cheap right? Or there’s Tim’s favorite line when looking at a house, “we could add a room here.”

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chick drummer

The fourth member of the Lang Family Band has revealed herself…
HERSELF! We’re having a GIRL!! I’m so surprised, stunned, gobsmacked even. I sat in the ultrasound room in total silence. Then I started muttering… are you sure? are you sure? I really never entertained the possibility of this being a girl. Through a combination of old wives tales, psuedo science and voodoo magic I’d become utterly convinced it was a boy. After leaving the doctor’s office like a zombie I realized what a fool I’ve been. Really. How on earth would I know. Evidentally I’m not the only one to do this because the ultrasound gal was all ‘yep, yep,  we get that all the time.’ duh. So wow! After the shock wore off, and then the embarassment, and then some mourning for this boy I’d been waiting for, I’ve become so excited! One of each. A complete set. We’re so lucky! Now I just need to absorb it all. I really never imagined myself as the mom of a girl. I was keeping Tim up all night. He’d doze off and then I’d yell out paper dolls! …that little pink ironing board from land of nod! …pigtails!

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bungled

I’m so glad you guys are digging the Winter Stitchettes! They’re about the only thing I’ve got going right these days. The rest of the week has been filled with swings and misses. Like our first try at getting a house that totally fell apart. That’s an awesome feeling. Or my attempt to be diligent and responsible about the car and get that little leak looked into that has turned into a major expense. Or more light heartedly like this little snowsuit I tried to whip up for the
make-a-longs so I could take advantage of the 1/4″ of snow we got. Well, it’s good for a laugh at least!

I’d thought all the bumps in the road we’re giving me a nervous stomach until I realized it was baby in there fluttering! Who can stay dejected with fluttering baby stomach. It’s the very definition of optimism. Unless of course he’s in there kicking around “mom, mom! where’s my new room? you’d better get cracking, I’m fluttering here! maybe you should go look at houses tonight. mom! mom!”

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cold & sunny

the perfect day for the first of the Winter set of Stitchettes, Izzie on Ice…

hope
everyone had a nice weekend. ours was three day! a nice perk of the
non-for-profit job tim has. I’d tell you all about it, but unless
taxes, house hunting, budgeting and closet cleaning are your thing you
might want to look elsewhere for blog enjoyment. have you checked all
these
yet today?