Saturday #3

This weekend my parents came up again and Loren also came up to help. Jameson and my dad spent the morning sawing up concrete so a plumber can come and tie in lines for the shower, toilet, bathroom sink, and kichenette sink. My dad then pounded up the cement while Jameson took buckets full upstairs and outside next to the garage, both working themselves to the max.

Loren worked on framing the west bedroom wall around the door between the bedroom and living area.

In the afternoon, all three guys worked on framing the bedroom closet, bathroom closet, and doorway from bedroom to the bathroom. My dad also worked on some electrical.




My mom and I made a Lowe' s run in the morning for bedroom, bathroom, and closet doors, a toilet, and nails. We spent the rest of the morning/early afternoon garage saling. I've been getting gender specific clothes because they tend to cuter and friends have told me you want it to be obvious whether you have a boy or girl. I limit my spending by only buying onesies/shirts/pants that are 25 cents a piece and in good condition (maybe 50 cents if it's really cute). Many people try to charge more than that but I've found at least one sale most times I'm out that are trying to get rid of things and not worried about making money. I find baby clothes absolutely adorable so a few dollars serves as a morning full of entertainment for me and I come home with some cute clothes for our little boy/girl. The best buy of the day was a super cute Christmas dress for $2(in case we have a girl).

Saturday #2

Jordan and Joy (and Lydia) came up this weekend to help us get some more work done in the basement. They came Friday night after supper and stayed through Sunday after fellowship lunch at church. Friday evening Jameson and Jordan pounded out the brick above the north doorway while Joy and Lydia and me went on a walk to get away from the noise. Saturday Jameson and Jordan worked on some more framing and replaced the brick by the doorways. They got the rest of the east wall by the doorways framed, went to Lowes and got two doors and framed around one of the doors, and got one more wall in the bedroom framed. By the time they got all that done it was getting late and they were out of lumber, so they called it a day. I wasn't good about getting actions pictures, but here's a couple pictures of what they finished.





I enjoyed spening the day with Joy. We painted the gold colored curtain rods that were left with the house white for the nursery and black our bedroom and the guest bedroom. We also did some planning for our 2nd annual camping trip coming up in two weekends.

Monday we got a new water heater and furnance put in along with some duct work moved. We also purchased more lumber and brought that downstairs, took down the clothesline that was hanging in the basement (by an excesive amount of nails) and decided on a layout for the bathroom (we think).


Here you are standing in the 'bedroom'. The 'doorway' to the bathroom is on the right and the 2x4's represent what will be walls. To help us visualize things, the cabinet is serving as the 'vanity', the laundry cart is the 'toilet', and the flat boards are the 'shower'.

This picture is from the other end. This layout should allow us to put in two doors, so you can access the bathroom from the bedroom or from the laundary / storage room (the 2nd door will between the shower and the water heater).

Let the work begin!

Basement Saturday #1

This past week on Monday, two guys we hired came and put in an egress window and replaced the two south windows with slightly larger windows. Thus, the basement was ready to start framing. Friday night my uncle Paul and Dad came up to help Jameson start work in the basement. Thanks to their experiance, a lot of work got done. All 3 worked hard all day Saturday and got a lot of the framing done, some eletrical run, beams reinforced and some block removed to raise the door height. Paul also replaced 3 windows on the back side of the house. Needless to say, they worked very hard all day! We are glad to have the project started and know it'll take working all day almost every Saturday in order to get the basement finished by August for Jenessa and Amanda. (Jameson's sister and friend are going to live down there this coming school year).

My mom, grandma, aunt Carol, and cousin Christine also came to visit. We went to some garage sales Sat. morning, the farmers market, the antique mall, made tasty food, and enjoyed the beautiful weather (someone had to while the guys worked in the basement). Aunt Carol brought me some hostas and flowers and helped me plant those. She also spent a lot of time pulling weeds from the flower beds along the fence in our back yard. I think it looks wonderful now and am grateful for her work!

Here's some pictures from the weekend:


Before the work begins


Building and putting up the framing


West half mostly framed. Where the table is will be a rec area, just on the other side of the half wall will be kitchenette / dinning area, and down by the windows will be a living area.


Supper time


Sunday after church (I'm 21 weeks here).

We're expecting!

As you probably know, we are expecting! We are extremely excited to be starting our family, are enjoying the journey of pregnancy, and are looking forward to meeting our baby around October 9. We told our immediate family when we moved into our house in the middle of March and starting telling other family and friends once we heard the heartbeat.

This past week we had our 20 week ultrasound and the baby is healthy. We are choosing not to find out the gender until the baby arrives. I'm very thankful that my pregnancy has gone smoothly. I've been more tired than normal and have had to eat a little snack every few hours but I've had no sickness! Seeing ultrasound pictures and no longer fitting into my normal clothes has made it feel more real. I still find it absolutely amazing that there is a baby growing inside me and don't think I'll really believe it till the baby comes.

Below are some pictures of the nursery. My mom found the bedding at a garage sale and we absoutely love it!