The baby's room

Now typically we would have had the nursery finished a long time ago. Given our move, we waited to buy the furniture until after we arrived in Dallas to avoid any damage during transit. I've heard stories of cribs taking 5 months or something ridiculous to come in, so the second day we were here, we went to buy the baby's furniture. Granted, a baby doesn't really even need a crib right away, but I wanted to have everything set to go before the big day.

I had purchased the bedding a while ago and since I probably spent more time deciding on this than my own wedding dress, I made Sumeet transport it down here. After months of searching for the perfect bedding, I wasn't going to risk the movers losing it. Finding gender neutral bedding that I loved and that the baby would love was a lot more difficult than I thought.

Technically, we can paint the room, but we would have to paint it back. This seems like a hassle so I found these cute wall stickers. They're super easy to use and probably look like I painted this mural anyway.

So that's the baby's room. According to the floor plan, it's a "study" but I think it worked out perfectly as our nursery.

The "before" shot

Reviving the Blog...

Now that we've moved to Dallas and are finally getting settled, I thought it was a good time to start the blog up again. I think it will be a great way to share photos of our little one with our friends and family. Until the little one arrives, I'll try and keep this somewhat entertaining! After the baby comes, I think the photos of the baby will be entertaining enough!

We've been in Dallas now for a few weeks and we both have been enjoying the time getting our new home ready for the baby. Sumeet has been off work for a few weeks which has been great! We've been able to get the baby's room all ready and have ventured out to try a few restaurants. The temperature here is finally cooling down- it's in the 90s- a welcome relief after a few weeks of 100+ degree weather.

We live in a great neighborhood with a lot of great shops and restaurants within walking distance. Another bonus- our complex connect directly to the Katy trail. I think that this year will very exciting in many ways and I'm really looking forward to it for many reasons!

BIG changes coming...

I seriously doubt anyone still checks this site, but I just wanted to let you know that I will continue to write...but not until things progress a little more.  There really isn't much to post about right now, except for my fatigue and slightly expanding belly that really just looks like I just ate an extra large Dominos. 

Things will be busy between now and then, with school/moving etc but the most exciting part will not occur until August. Stay tuned.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!  Though Sumeet and I have never done the couples costume thing before, we will for this year. Sumeet and I are going as the "Ultimate Couple"...I'll post pics after the weekend. 

UPDATE...

Yes, it's true. The Post-Dispatch actually printed the article about the water fountain. 

You can read about it here.

My husband will change the world...or at least, water fountains!

He's a bit of a phone conversation from today...

ring....ring. 

Since we have caller id, I knew it was the newspaper.

Me: hello?

Man: yes, is dr. g there?

Me: um, no, can I help you?

Man: Yes, this is so and so, I'm a reporter. I'm calling because he contacted us about a faulty water fountain at forest park and need interview him.

Me: Oh, I didn't know that the park was having problems with their water fountains OR that he actually contacted someone about it....

Anyway, there's going to be some sort of column about it in the newspaper on Monday. I'm really hoping they put Sumeet's name in the paper so he can be considered a local celebrity!!!

Marathon weekend.

It was a crazy busy weekend and I was exhausted on Monday, but it was well worth it. We both had a lot of fun... too bad it's Sumeet's last marathon.

Here's a summary of the weekend:

First up, Sumeet had to lay out all of his gear....

After a 6 hour drive up to Chicago (1 hour spent in traffic)- we made it up just in time to meet up with Matt for dinner at Goose Island Brewery. Cool place, great burgers and beer. My fav was the "boo-berry"- just a hint of fruit.

Saturday was "expo day" in Chicago. Since our weekend was short and there was so much to do, we decided to split up to maximize time. Sumeet picked up his bib and goodie bag for the run and I hit, what I like to call "heaven on earth". 

Here's a shot of the expo....

Saturday night was the final opportunity for Sumeet to carb-load and at the recommendation of a friend, headed to Leona's. It was a cute restaurant with great pasta and the best bread ever- mostly because they give you garlic butter to slather on the loaf. In honor of my husband, I decided to carb-load too. 

Sunday morning it was up and at 'em pretty early.

Here's the tattoo Sumeet put on to help determine his pace. Don't worry, it's temporary.

 Sumeet headed to the starting line and I headed to mile one to try and catch him. The way the race was set up, it allowed for multiple viewings if I planned and timed it out accordingly. It wasn't quite what I expected. There were 1.5 million spectators and 45,000 runners. Thankfully, it wasn't too crowded watching and I managed to sneak my way to the front for optimal viewing. Here's a shot of the runners- Sumeet's not in this shot. When I finally saw him, I got too excited and cheered too long and forgot to get a shot. It sure is hard being a cheerleader AND a photographer!

  Matt met up with me and we somehow missed Sumeet at Mile 12 but headed to Chinatown and had a great view of the race. The sad thing was, despite focused vision, Matt and I both missed Sumeet but he ended up finding us. 

Here's Sumeet in Chinatown right before he almost knocked over a one-legged runner.

We then headed to the finish line and I quickly snapped Sumeet with 1 mile to go. It was such a huge difference seeing the runners at this point. With only one mile to go, they were definitely more energized. At this point it was uber-hot and they had to open the fire hydrants...

Last year they ran out of water and Gatorade....they had plenty on hand this year!

One Mile to go!!!!

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