Saturday, July 31, 2010

She's 1!!!


I probably should have posted this on her birthday but time just slips by these days...What a joy Kira has been this past year. I thank God every day for her, she is truly a blessing

Got her 1 year pics done at Sears since they offered me a free sitting fee and free 10x13....I guess they thought I was going to buy a package from them. Maybe I would have but the cheapest deal they had was $99! Yikes! You can look at them here...
http://www.SearsPhotos.com/ViewSharedAlbum.aspx?ShareID=a7d3a16e-55c0-404b-988a-91809d2db53c

Monday, July 19, 2010

Things we take for granted

Definitely took hot water for granted until we went without it for almost a month! After almost 8 weeks of waiting, waiting, waiting, we got hot water installed today and we are up and running!

Hot water!

Since we moved in on June 24, we have not had any hot water. I have been wondering when it was going to happen, feeling a little blue about it when lo and behold they showed up at OUR HOUSE today! Maybe we will get hot water this week!! Stay tuned...

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Drumroll please...

No, not pictures of the house but I thought I would throw in one of a handsome, hardworking husband and a cute, smiling baby! ;)
Here's the kitchen after the tile work was finished...awesome job Dad! Tom helped cut most of the tile so it didn't take as long as it could have!
Another view of the kitchen..........
The bathroom, we didn't have a toilet or sink in there until the week we moved in! Talk about cutting it close!
Living room, before the floor was refinished and before any painting or trim...
The "master" bedroom...another "before" shot
Kira's room, painted and getting closer to being ready...no carpet yet though!
Jim working on some electrical stuff...he rewired the two bedrooms so that we were able to have a center light with ceiling fans. He also helped Tom put together all the cabinets which was a tedious job. I realize now that I uploaded these pics that I have NONE of Dad working and he has done so much of the technical things. Boo to me!
Moving day pics...can you say "CHAOS?"
Goodbye old apartment! We enjoyed making you our home for the past 5 years but it was time to move on...
The new kitchen...that box on the floor is the remaining two kitchen chairs for my little drop leaf table...I spent 2 HOURS putting two chairs together last night and just couldn't do the other two, I was too tired! So I guess I will finish it tonight!
The living room, floor looks nice now with the refinishing done! Notice no curtains or rug yet...curtains I wanted are backordered until Aug 6. Also, nothing hung on the walls but it has still been less than two weeks since we moved in so I got to cut myself a break I guess!
Another view of the kitchen! *Sigh* (of happiness)
The bathroom-sorry all these pics are side views...I am too impatient to rotate and save all of these the right way I suppose!
The master bedroom...I forgot to take a pic of the new carpet for you to see...well, next time I suppose!
And...no pic of Kira's room as she is sleeping at the moment and that is the reason why I have been able to post finally!