About two or three weeks after Erin told me that she was pregnant I had a dream that the baby was a little girl. McKinna was about 4 months old and Erin was holding her. Besides having my eyes, she looked just like her Mommy. Shoulder length, slightly curly, blonde hair, soft skin and a BIG smile.

Last night I had another dream very similar to the first one. McKinna was older and her personality had started to take shape. She had my patience (yes I do have patience, usually only with Erin though), loved Frank Sinatra music and riding in her daddy’s bright yellow car. She had Erin’s intelligence, beauty, determinination, and desire to always explore new things.

September 21st can’t get here fast enough.

Until then I guess we’ll just have to see what dreams may come. I posted new pictures of her room after it has been painted.

Bright and early Saturday morning Erin and I went to Home Depot and picked up what painting supplies that we needed so that we could begin the baby room decoration process. My 10am my grandparents and I were well under our way in painting McKinna’s room. By mid afternoon the room had been primed and painted.

Everyone was very happy with the way that it turned out. As an aside, I now have a great appreciation for professional painters. Being an amateur and OCD don’t go very well together. I had to do a few touch ups yesterday and today. I just want to make sure that everything is perfect.

This morning since all the paint has dried and most of the touch-ups complete Erin started putting up some of the room decors for McKinna and I must admit that the base color she picked out goes amazing with the accent colors.

I can’t wait to get more of her furniture and pictures on the walls.

It wasn’t too long ago that Erin and I felt McKinna move for the first time. Now she is KICKING up a storm. Words can’t describe how wonderful that feeling is. To actually have a connection, no matter how small it is, with our daughter.

Erin is very good about letting me know when she starts kicking because I know that as the pregnancy progresses she won’t have as much room to move around and the opportunities to feel that will decrease.

Well things are definitely moving along at casa de Wiles. Currently McKinna’s room was our guest room and the downstairs room is/was my office. In order to get her room ready we needed to move the guest room “theme” downstairs.

Last weekend I cleaned and repainted my office a more neutral color. It is the same color as the baby’s room so that I can always be reminded of her. I then moved the bed from McKinna’s room into my office and we bought a small flat screen TV to go in my office/guest room.

Confused yet?

We are waiting for the new bedframe to come in this weekend for the downstairs. Last night I taped the baby’s room and moved what furniture we are keeping in there out of the way so that I can paint her room this weekend.

We are very excited about it!!!!! My grandparents are being so kind as to help me in this milestone. I hope you like your room McKinna.

Highlights up to this point:

4/29/08 - 10:00am CST Mommy felt the baby kick for the first time

5/6/08 - 7:32am CST Daddy felt baby kick for the first time

5/8/08 - Mommy and Daddy bough a green dress (Daddy’s choice), pink windbreaker, and a pink fleece