Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Our own winter "white-out"





Our house is coated in white...primer. Primer went on yesterday and we're looking forward to seeing color start on the walls today. We are firing up the furnace because we have a cold chill like the rest of the country. (Fell below freezing in Windsor last night!) Our wood flooring is scheduled to start on Thursday. Bathroom tile should be done by this weekend. Kitchen cabinets will go in next week. Counters, unfortunately, will not be installed until after the holidays. It's starting to take shape. We're praying that it will come together and that the choices we made so quickly a month ago were wise ones. Our movers are scheduled for the week of January 26th and we couldn't be more excited to move (getting ready is another story!) We've met our neighbors on all sides and are happy to be in such a great neighborhood. Michael and I both are ready to take a long hiatus from logging any more mileage on our cars. We've calculated that little Chloe has spent substantially more time in her carseat than her crib or anywhere else for that matter! She is a well known customer at HomeDepot, our city's building dept. and Direct Buy, and dare I say, a favorite one! Everyone loves a baby. Noah's adjusted to pre-school although he no longer likes nap time. He loves to color and carpets our floors with Michael's old blueprints that he glitters and glues together. Well, better run, time to get on the road and see what's happening at the house! Love to you all!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Family and Thanksgiving.




What a year to be thankful! We spent the day with Mandi, Joaquin and Lucca and cooked up a storm. This is our 4th Thanksgiving together and we're finally comfortable with the dishes to get things on the table hot or cold as needed and even be able to relax and enjoy one another and the kids in the process.

There is so much to be thankful for. While it's cliche, health, family, a home and full bellies top the list. We pray for peace and stability for the coming months and years, but today was warm and full of fun memories for us parents of watching the children roll around with one another and experience their impressions of what Thanksgiving means (Noah - Indians sharing corn with Pilgrims sharing pie). Lots of love to you all! Oh, and plenty of corn and pie!

Drywall is going up!



Noah is beginning to warm up the house as it begins to take shape. Before, he thought that it was dirty, yucky and smelly.

Best books for baby



Chloe's been chilling with some new reading material over the holiday weekend. Looks like a real page turner.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Mom and her granddaughter


My mom was here for a long weekend to help out with Chloe and Noah while Michael and I worked on the house. We miss her very much already.