More Compliments

S and I have been nit-picky with each other for a while now. We criticize a little bit, but enough for the other person to notice and get defensive. We have the same little arguements over and over - and the content is so predictable that we have the other person's side memorized. And we are not even unduly stressed out or anything (we just got back from vacation!) so there's no excuse for it.

So we decided to give each other more compliments and hold our tongue more. If we start down the same old arguements, then we've agreed to just stop. just stop. No need to go on, because we know the other person's side very well, and we haven't been able to sway the other yet, so why try today?

And it has been working, and is very nice. Overall, we fight and argue very little, but it's annoying, and I hate feeling like a nag and S hates me acting like a nag. So instead we are complimenting each other more. Which really is very easy, because S is a great guy.

In other news, my nesting flared up this weekend. I'd gone on a month-long journey to find the perfect bathroom cabinet that could act as a changing table when needed. I settled on a baker's rack found on Craig's list, and got it set up yesterday (which included completely reorganizing every cabinet in the bathroom, which was a big job but awesome to get it done).


Now....



Soon....


Our vacation was great. I won't go into details now, as I'm supposed to be cleaning the house, but it was relaxing, fun, and just the right amount of time. Adoption wise, I am feeling fairly patient. When we got back from vacation, we were presented with a situation that we declined. The agency was great - informative and respectful - and I felt like we were smart, unemotional, and overall did a good job of making the right decision for us. Work and saving money for paternity/maternity leave has made us more patient, but of course we would be happy to put a squirming baby on that new changing table/baker's rack tomorrow if we could!