Could've Been Worse....

This is what happens when Graham is quiet in the kitchen by himself. He was quiet for a long time, then I heard him yelling Happy Birthday! Oh the fun of toddlers! Lots of clean-up!

Snow Day #2 - Sledding!

Today was another snow day. Taylor was actually off work today. That NEVER happens. So, we all braved the weather and went sledding at Cherokee Park. I, of course, opted out of the actual sledding and was the official photographer!

Graham was having a blast!

Brittany and James took a try!


Taylor and Grant raced.

Grant!

Snow Day!

It's too cold to finish painting the chandelier for the nursery...so you probably won't get an update on the nursery for at least another week. It's not supposed to warm up at all this week. :(

So, today was a snow day-no school for Graham. Here's some pics!

Happy to play in the snow!

Making snow angels!

He's getting a little big for this slide!

Sneak Peak of Paint!

Taylor started painting yesterday and is finishing up with the stripes today. They're the same shade of pink, just gloss and matte. It's a very subtle strip, but very chic!

When he's done, I'll take more pics.

I've decided to go with a chandelier...still trying to find the right one: gorgeous, but cheap! If you have any suggestions on some, please share!

Then I'll just put a fan in the room. I'm thinking one of those slim tower fans...very inconspicuous.

If you can't see the stripes very well and live in the neighborhood, stop by!

The nursery gets drywall!

It's the first day of 2009 and Chuck and Taylor didn't waste any time. They started drywalling the nursery ceiling today! Yay! Hopefully it'll be ready for paint by next week. Shabby chic nursery...here we come!

Chuck said he has allergies...I think he just likes the mask?
It's almost finished! Taylor said today he might do picture rail where the new drywall seam is on the wall. I think that would be awesome. Stay tuned...
Oh, before I go, I need your imput in the light fixture. I want to do the total shabby chic, girly thing and do a chandelier. Taylor says we should be practical and put up a ceiling fan. What should we do?

Christmas is over...

It's kind of sad. You always build it up and then it's over so quick. Oh well! Graham had a great Christmas season. He had five "present opening" sessions. He received some great presents, probably more than he needs, of course, but who can resist his cute little face? Here's a few pictures from Christmas.

This is Graham opening a present. See his enthusiasm.

Here's one of Graham with Grandma and Grandpa. He looks out of it.

Here he is in front of the tree on Christmas morning.
Here we are when we made Christmas cookies.

Now stay tuned for more posts as renovations of 2009 begin!!!

3 Months & Counting....

I know it's been a while since I posted last, but we didn't do too much and I lost motivation. I'll post pics soon of the finished downstairs bathroom. So you can see how that turned out. But what really motivated me to start posting again is that we started construction on the nursery. Only 3 months left until little baby girl Inge arrives. Because the room we will use for the nursery is pretty small, we wanted to get rid of the drop ceiling to make it not feel so closed in. So, Taylor started busting up the drop ceiling. Here's the first hole.

Here's another shot of the whole drop ceiling torn out besides the framing.
Isn't the old wall paper lovely! We think this was a kitchen in it's former life?

So, that's it for now. I'll do my best to get those bathroom pics up soon and keep you updated on the nursery progress. I'm so excited. The plan is to do it shabby chic....pink, white, green & red! I can't wait!