Erin and I figured that we didn't have quite enough going on in our lives right now so we went and landed ourselves right in another adventure.

A couple of weeks ago we went out to IKEA to pick up a few things for the new house and do some baby furniture shopping. Heading for the elevator we asked a woman to hold the door for us. As we stepped on she looked at Erin and said, "Hey you're pregnant! When are you due?". Awfully forward but hey - with babies and pregnant women this stuff seems to happen frequently. She followed up with, "Are you having a boy?"

Well it turns out she is a producer for a new IKEA produced show called "Space for Living" and she was in the bind of needing a third candidate couple for an episode they were shooting in the coming weeks - coincindentally for a complete dream nursery makeover!

Well after meeting the deisgner and providing a bit of background about ourselves, (and a lot of waiting) we finally got the call this afternoon to let us know we've been chosen! The camera crew comes Monday to start shooting and they'll be here all next week working on the room - so I'm sure I'll have more than a few updates during the week.

We're not allowed to look at the room until the big surprise reveal on Friday but I'll try and get the crew to snap some "in progess" pics for us. In the meantime - here's the before pictures:

For a brief time (at least until the real baby shows up) this is our new baby, a 2004 Mazda 6 Sport Wagon. We picked it up a week and a half ago but have been too busy to get it out for a couple of pics. Sure as hell beats lumbering around in the pickup! It's funny when you consider in Japan the highway speed limit is 80km/h that they'd produce a car that woudl really rather cruise 30 or 40Km/h above that - I've had to keep a real eye on the speedo as it tends to not feel it's going as fast as it is and usually takes passing a car in a blur to realise just how quick you're moving. Fortunately though none of the blurs have had the trademark Blue & Gold stripes of our friendly neighbourhood O.P.P officers.