Longhorn in Paradise

In our continuing efforts to get ready for the arrival of our incredibly intelligent son, we painted the nursery this weekend. Liska was anxious to help paint the room and get it ready for her baby brother. As you can see, she is a little more expressive with her painting style than Daddy was on the upper portion of the wall. We chose Cancun Blue for the walls and are going with a surfing theme. He already has the PB Kids surfing bumpers for the crib and we are trying to convince our neighbor to do some sort of mural on the wall. Should be very cool.

We have already had three baby showers for Galt; trust us - we feel extremely fortunate to have made enough friends here in the short amount of time we have lived in CA to where they would actually be willing to throw these events for us. Of course, this means Kat is going to get carpal-tunnel from writing so many thank you notes. Eh, she's young...she can become ambidexterous. With all that said, Galt will have a plethora of toys, clothes and whatever else a newborn needs thanks to the generosity of our friends.

Many of you have asked whether or not Liska understands what is going to happen. Truth is that we aren't sure if she actually comprehends, but she does know that her Baby Brother Galt is in Mommy's tummy. We are confident she will be a great big sister; she touches Kat's stomach and kisses it. She is very gentle with him. When we got the picture from the ultrasound, she walked around the Dr.'s office saying to the nurses "this is my baby brother Galt" as she showed them the picture. It was very cute. We can't wait to see the two of them together.

# posted by longhorn in paradise @ 10:42 PM