Another Project - Almost Complete!

I remember thinking: It would be great to get rid of this dirty old carpet and redo the floors in the house before our little Quadzilla starts to crawl all over them! We can do it! Summer time would be perfect! Well, my imagination sure got the best of me. It was a little more (a whole lot more) than we initially thought it would be, and the labor has turned out to be more also. For some reason I thought we could do it all at once and pay for someone to install it all - there's all kinds of deals on TV . . . etc . . . etc.

Needless to say, plans changed! We're only conquering the main living area and the hallway for now - and we're doing it ourselves! It saves us over $800 to install ourselves!!!
So the battle began on Monday morning. Gus and I tore out the carpet and started to pry all of the little wooden boards from the perimeter of the work area and removing the baseboards (that we just installed not even a year ago)!
Tuesday was an errand day to buy forgotten supplies, anything extra we needed before the "big day." Plus more sweeping the floors of course.
Wednesday - the BIG DAY - started at about 6:30am, because that's when little Gus wakes me up with hunger pains every morning. So I eat and get right to work, lay the moisture barrier down, start taping, and my friend's bro. in law came over at 9 to help! Thank goodness - I wouldn't have made any progress without him!!! And we worked until 5:30. We finished the HALLWAY (only)! Such a small space can be a HUGE project. The first and last row of the hallway were very difficult to construct, but we did get that done!

Then, I cooked dinner for my wonderful husband, and the two of us worked on the living area until about 9:30. Progress . . . yes - it's really coming together!

(Above picture) That's all the saw dust flying around after cutting a board, and if you look closely you can see my little pregnant belly starting to show! I'm still in the stage where people probably wonder if I'm pregnant or have a beer gut . . . but I'm thankful to not be any bigger too, because it's just too darn HOT!
(Below picture) I did a lot sitting and tapping vs. squatting - yet my legs still feel like I did a million lunges yesterday!

Now, I knew I would be tired when done for the day, but that was an understatement!!! I woke up this morning still exhausted after an almost full night's sleep - I think I only woke up to go to the bathroom once - which is really good for me! I even went back to bed after breakfast, it was just to lay down and watch Regis and Kelly, and next thing I knew it was 10:30!!! And I'm STILL TIRED! This kiddo is definitely getting all the energy - he's been doing flips pretty much all day. I usually just feel a kick or two when I'm holding still, but he's been REALLY active today! Hopefully, he'll leave me some energy to try to finish the floors with Gus after dinner tonight. We have to work around the fireplace and then fit in the last row - it should be an interesting evening!