A special anniversary gift

On our 5 year wedding anniversary I convinced Super dad to let me climb the ladder to see the upstairs for myself. It is now the end of April and I am 8mnths pregnant. Up until now it has not been safe for me to go upstairs. I thought that I wouldn't get up there until the staircase has been built but I've been desperate to see upstairs for myself.

The only way to get into the upstairs has been up the ladder and across the roof and then through a window. However now that they have built and mostly finished the balcony and put in our french doors you can go in a much easier and safer way.

So today after much testing of the ladder my husband finally consented to allowing me up the ladder. Wow it was so amazing to see the rooms upstairs. It made all the difference to my stress levels. Now I can finally imagine what its going to be like when its finished. It makes putting up with all the hold ups bearable.

I enjoyed walking through the rooms, imaging where we'd put furniture and how pictures would look on the walls. It was a very special experience for me. 

It was the best anniversary gift I could have been given. Its also a bit funny because the 5 year anniversary is wood so we both joke that we gave each other a timber frame second storey.  

Everything is in and the painting and plastering have begun.

Interior doors are in and being painted.