A beautiful orange spotted butterfly alighted on my shoulder at the park a couple days ago. Then it flapped away, and landed again…but this time on Eliot’s shoulder:) However silly, it gave me renewed hope and energy. I tend to carry a lot on my plate, and I know that a season of transition awaits in the next couple months. With Dave finishing school and beginning a new job, Milo becoming a sibling, and Eliot joining the family, we have a lot to look forward to. And also a lot to prepare for! 

Beginning next week, we’ll be moving some things into storage, creating a crib in the (somewhat spacious) closet for Eliot, building Milo a toddler bed, selling some furniture and acquiring other, reupholstering our favorite armchair, making and hanging curtains for every window in the house, building a planter for the porch and figuring out a solution for the constant mess that the carpet-in-the-dining-room causes. You know, just digging in since we know we’ll be here for a while. Oh, and I guess we’ll also throw together a second birthday party for Milo, a birthday celebration for Dave and possibly acknowledge his graduation:) I tell Dave on a regular basis that I don’t want to have any big projects planned for after Eliot arrives…so what do I do? Plan them all for the next 8 weeks!!