2008_11_05 Wednesday

This morning, we had a last minute visit from our potential floor guy. He came to measure and to leave three different samples for us. We're meeting with our designer tonight, so now we've got all the parts we need to make a decision on the kitchen. So exciting.

Jonathan and I were goofing around in our office room, and I crawled under my desk to retrieve a ball, ramming my head into the corner of my own @(@#$)*(#$#( desk. Man, that hurt. I was proud, though, as I refrained from yelling out colorful obscenities. As I sat on the floor rubbing my noggin' with my particularly pouty face, Jonathan came over, with a sad face himself, and gave me a long hug. If that doesn't just make you well up!?!? I guess kids this age do understand sympathy!

Then, we booked it over to Sparkhouse Kids, a local toystore, for story time. It's actually more like music appreciation, but whatever. Jonathan seems so much more interested in the ones at the library for some reason; maybe it's because the toystore has so many more cool things to look at and touch. He's very into their easel and oversized stuffed animals. Plus, the lady isn't the most organized (or maybe she's more spontaneous than the librarian), so it doens't hold his attention as well. I've noticed, too, that he seems more shy in this setting than in the library; not sure if it's unfamiliar or what is going on in his head. Today, though, we made rattles out of plastic bottles and rice, with stickers as decorations. He didn't seem to care, but it was a cute project anyway. Then again, maybe it's bad timing for us; he does seem to wind down quickly toward the end. Regardless, I managed to knock out another store for my freelance gig. We may try again next week with Alanya and Aylin.

We had a potential afternoon date today with the 1s&2s or with Alanya/Aylin, depending on the weather. And, while it seems to be sprinkling now, frankly, Jonathan is still asleep (that's nearly 4 hrs if you're counting). But, more pressing is: When will we finally eat lunch?! So he finally woke up, and we ate. But it was raining too much to go outside, so we played in his room.

Around 6:30, we had an appointment with our interior designer to finalize the kitchen. We made lots of decisions, and we're very excited to move forward. We've got the floor, cabinetry, granite, backsplash, and paint decided on! Now, we need to move forward with quotes. I feel like we accomplished a lot in just an hour with her. yeah!