All over the span of about 15 minutes...

Here is Henry at play. It took all of 15 minutes to play the drums, climb the drum, play some hoops, sing with his golf clubs and then golf with the golf clubs. I originally was just putting up the funny shot of Henry with his green, flower glasses (he found them and put them on) singing out loud into his club, but then I was looking at the takes and saw just how busy he is/was. That is about 5 activities by my count. He is ACTIVE and full of fun. That said, Henry is still the absolute light of our lives.

Here's our call out - Grandma's, Grandpa's, Nana, Papa... Anyone up for a sleep over with Henry? Mommy and Daddy need a date night!

It's all coming together...

Okay, we are finally making some progress! There are 6 weeks until baby Saylor is arriving and I think that we just might be done about 3 weeks before her arrival. That would be so fabu in my book. You can see here that we are still working on trim, getting counters, lighting and furniture back into the room, but we are getting closer. Yay! I was working on choosing the window panels for the room. I am partial to the darker pair... you?

Henry the helper...

We couldn't do it without Henry's help. Good thing that Nancy and Chip got Henry his own tool belt. These tools also leave much less of a ding than daddies tools do... in the new flooring and cabinets!!!

Pure bliss...

There is just something inside of Russ and I both that can't pass up the chance to kiss Henry goodnight one more time before we actually get into our bed... It's just a quick kiss and a whisper of I love you in his ear, but it's nice just the same. This was taken night before last when we checked on him. He is in a pure blissful state of relaxation, wouldn't you say? He is such an amazing little boy. Getting too big, too quick. If only we could bottle this time in his life and keep it forever...

Kitchen's taking shape...

It was a long weekend of answering questions from the floor guy and fielding small issues with the cabinet installers, but we have officially got beautiful exotic hardwoods throughout the house and better than we imagined cabinetry!

We still have to do trim, painting, hang all our light fixtures and install the new bay window and sliding door, but you can see a glimpse of what our home is taking shape into. Everything else (appliances, furniture and pretty, neat decorating stuff) is just waiting to come in from the shop!

Enjoy... We are!!!!!!

Good ole' fair fun...

For my in-laws birthdays their is a tradition of going to the good ole' St. Helens fair! This last Friday we met Joan, Russ and and my sis-n-laws family at the fair for some rides, food and food. Let's just say that I left no food booth untasted. It was fantastic!!! Henry was so excited about the rides and getting to be just 36" tall (just tall enough) to ride by himself. He was very amazed at how it all worked! Here is Henry in all his amusement ride glory...

Pregnancy and the human face...

So, I thought that it would be fun (right!) to track how much my face changed this pregnancy. Here is my lovely mug from 14 weeks until now, 31 weeks. I will post more in these last few weeks... it's just an experiment I am doing. Cheers! (Notice I am running out of clothing that fits... same outfits in photos!

Henry days...

These have been taken over the last week or so. Henry is so much fun and talking in 3 and 4 word phrases and sentences these days. He's now almost 2 years, 2 months an growing like a weed. He is really excited for Saylor's arrival, as are we! Enjoy...

Happy 4th of July...

Henry loved the fireworks this year. He really got into the throwing pop things and the sparklers. Every time that Russ tried to get out a bigger firework, Henry would run and grab it and put it right back into the bag... He said, no big, no big. For some reason he didn't like the big ones.

Crunch time...

It's crunch time folks, and we're not talking granola! Our remodel is in full swing and I have included to photos to prove it. here are some photos of 1/2 of our lovely home all torn up. We have taken out the hall, Saylors room, living room and kitchen. We are currently living on 2x6's and making meals our of our laundry room and BBQer. It's like summer camping!!! Check out the photos... there are a few of our cabinets too. The dark wood is the island and the white with espresso glaze is the main cabinet parts. More to come soon!!!