Sunday, April 22, 2007

They will be missed...

The scene of the crime
R.I.P


We'd like to give a shout out to the pond fish we killed by accident last night - Louie, Hernandez and Shaggy. Sorry guys. We didn't mean to kill you! They were so big we had to bury them in the backyard. Louie was almost a foot and a half long and 4" around. *sniffle* We'll miss you!



We're not really sure what happened actually, we think it may have been a UFO.



Painting the Nursery

We painted today! We just have a few things left to do in the nursery before we can focus on cleaning up the rest of our mess! Here's me painting waves on the wall - and YES, it was safe for me to paint today. All of the windows were open and it was non-toxic paint. Oh, and I took lots of breaks...
All finished! All we have left is the trim, some ceiling touch-ups and carpet.
Jeremy didn't want his picture taken.
(He's not as grumpy as he looks.)
Emily (27 weeks) and Augie.

That's all for now. Justin should be over any minute, so maybe we'll have more updates for tomorrow. I hope so!














Saturday, April 21, 2007

Weekly update...a little late

Baxter "patting" Augie on the head.
a.k.a. Augie trying to get on top of the cat tree and Baxter
having a fun time showing him who's boss.
Well, its been over a week since we posted an update - we don't have much new to say! "Nelson Junior" is doing fine and about 26 weeks along now. He sure has been moving and kicking around a lot. He seems to be the most active in the morning and early evening. Sometimes he kicks and pokes so hard it startles me but knowing that he is really active in there is reassuring. Other than being crabby I feel great! My energy is back up, somewhat, and I am feeling pretty good.

The remodeling is coming along slowly but surely. It is a complete disaster upstairs which makes it hard to be at home, but we have faith that it will get better soon! The drywall is up in the little guy's bedroom but we still have a LONG way to go and I am starting to get a little nervous. We still need to put in two doors, put the trim back in the bedroom, trim around the doors (because you can see through the walls...) re-drywall the hallway and level out and re-plumb the bathroom so we can at least put the toilet and sink back in before the baby arrives. Hopefully we can finish the drywall in there, too, because the last thing a new baby needs to breath in is drywall dust! Phew! It scares me to write it all down and see all that we have left to do - so, I'll just trust in Jeremy, Justin and Kyle and stay out of it. I'm sure they have a plan...right, guys?

Jeremy went out to meet his mom at a few garage sales this morning to search for baby stuff. How fun! I hope they come back with some good deals! Its getting so exciting now that July is drawing closer.

The other "kids" are all doing well. The weather here is beautiful and I think its putting all of us in a much better mood. The cats are all crazy and would love to be roaming the streets for girlfriends right about now...me, I would love to be suntanning in the yard with a good book!


Augie getting mad. He eventually made it to the top of the cat tree.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Destruction vs. Construction...

The Wall is UP!
We're starting to get excited...



Jeremy taking down more of the chimney...what a mess!



Rico taking a break.



Baxter in the middle of a sneeze, probably from all of the dust we stirred up!




Augie was dirty and got the third bath of his lifetime.
He wasn't very happy with either of us - it took the two of us to hold him down.



Awww...Augie and Jonas cuddling instead of fighting, for once.


Hopefully this weekend we can start putting up the drywall in the bedroom. The ceiling needs to be patched where the old chimney and wall were, so we'll see how much we can get done by next week. I'm in the "nesting" mood and desperately want to start painting (with non-toxic paint, of course,) so I sure hope we can get it ready for painting by the 21st. Its a lot of work, so we'll see how much we can get done by then. The bathroom still needs a lot of work - plumbing, flooring, framing, etc. before we see much progress. Justin has been a huge help with this whole project - we couldn't do this without him! So if you are reading this, THANK YOU JUSTIN!