Projects and Tantrums

As I mentioned in the previous post, we have been doing lots of work trying to get Lillian and Will's rooms done. It would have been much simpler to keep Lillian in her room and just do the guestroom for Will's nursery, but of course I wasn't going the easy route. Actually, I just knew that Lillian would need a "big girl" bed first which means she would need more space so I figured we might as well go ahead and make the change(I definitely started second guessing this decision mid-way through the process!).
To refresh your memory on what Will's room looked like before, here is a link to an old blog post. I am so mad that we didn't take a picture of the guestroom before to show how much different it looks now that it is all "girly" for Lillian. As I said before, Brad put up chair rails and crown molding (he did an amazing job!) and it really changed the look of the rooms. While I am super happy with how the rooms turned out, I am just thrilled that they are done!
Finally, and not nearly as pleasant, our usually sweet and charming little girl has entered a full-throttle tantrum stage. I'm talking complete and utter come-aparts for just about any reason you can think of - or my favorite, NO reason at all! Today I managed to have the camera out and capture one of these moments so I can prove that although she looks like an angel, looks can be deceiving. :)

Lillian's new room...

Will's Nursery...

AND, the tantrums
Going... (I missed capturing her ripping the pretty, white bow out of her hair)

Going...

GONE!...

Whew!

That is the best word to summarize how I feel these days! Life has been crazy trying to turn the guest room into Lillian's new room, change Lillian's room into what will be Will's room, and keep up with the most active (that's how it feels at least) 17 month old in the world while being in my 3rd trimester of pregnancy.
We have finished Lillian's new room and she has transitioned into it without any problems at all - HUGE relief! There are only a few finishing touches left to be done in Will's room and I am really excited because I think it turned out great. I will be doing a post very soon with pictures so everyone can see how much work Brad did on the rooms (it involved installing crown molding and chair rails which he had never done before!).
We are now under 7 weeks until getting to meet our little man; a fact that blows my mind! While always excited, I alternate between feelings of complete calm and complete panic - think it could be the hormones? :) Seriously, for me the process of preparing to become a mother for the second time has just been SO different because of what all I know now. Before I could have never understood the amount of work, sacrifice, love, joy, etc... having a baby would bring to my life. I can definitely say that I now completely understand the awesome responsibility God gives you when he gives you a child! Maybe ignorance really is bliss - HA! :)

Mother's Day...

Playing at my dad's...

She loved being outside and playing in the baby pool my dad got her...

With daddy at the beach...

She isn't quite sure about the water yet...

Did I mention she's not realy comfortable with the water?...

She did however love playing in the sand...