Last weekend Dan and I did some intense cleaning in preparation for our new arrival. Dan attacked the garage while I cleaned the inside of the house. We had been toying around with the idea of putting our guest room furniture on Craigslist since we are turning that room into a nursery. We weren't sure if we wanted to wait until after the holidays and had no idea if it would take a long time to sell. So I decided to tidy the room up and snapped a few photos, making sure to capture the furniture in all it's glory (it's really not that nice of furniture, so that was a difficult task). On a whim I took a look at Craigslist to see what other people were selling, their asking price, and how to word an ad. I then created the ad for our furniture, previewing it and editing it about five times before submitting the final one. I surfed around on the website for a few more minutes, scoping out the competition before logging in to my e-mail to be sure Craigslist got my ad. Imagine my surprise to see an inquiry in my mailbox about the furniture. Not even 10 minutes after I posted my ad, and we were on the phone with a guy who said he wanted our furniture and was able to come a pick it up now! We were stunned to say the least. So, in a matter of a few hours our guest room set was sold and out of our house! I think I spent more time creating the ad for Craigslist than it took to sell the set. Dan says we got really lucky to have sold it that fast, I think it's due to my fantastic photos and ad skills!
Now that the furniture was gone we were getting more of a sense of how the nursery would look and started brainstorming ideas for the colors. After a trip to Home Depot, we came home with four colors that are still painted in large squares across the wall. Different inspirations and ideas that I've come across on the internet are now taped to those squares and I enjoy standing in there and staring at them while I'm brushing my teeth in the morning. We'll have a color picked out by the time my parents get here so we can paint and decorate!
This morning, as I was sitting on the couch enjoying the Thanksgiving day parade, Dan was out with some friends enjoying a fun game of touch football. I made my delicious corn casserole and we were off to our friend's family's house for some turkey and pie. Below you will see some more bump pictures, and I finally got Dan in some of the photos! Yay!
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| We are 22 weeks pregnant! |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Jess, Dan, baby, and Lucy
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