House Progress

The house project seems to have taken off in the last few weeks! We are busy picking out "stuff" and watching our new take form. I hope you can appreciate the changes with these "before" and "in between" pictures.

This was the view of the family room from the wet bar.

The wet bar is gone, so this is the view of the family room from the kitchen. You can see our new entertainment built in on the far wall. I designed it to have big storage drawers for Lydia's toys!

This was the old kitchen, rose wallpaper and all.

Here's my new kitchen. We took down a wall to make a breakfast bar (with decorative legs). All the new cabinetry is in and primed for paint.

A close up of the cook top/vent hood area. It's my kitchen flair.

Push Ups

This is just a short video I caught this evening.

Dan was doing some push ups by the pool and Lydia climbed up for a ride. So cute.

Just like Daddy

She's a swimmer already!

Visiting the Long's

Lydia and I spent a week at my sister's house in Lewiston, NY. It was so relaxing for me. Lydia was happy playing with her cousins, Josh and Matt. The weather was a nice break from our Texas summer. Here are some pictures with explanations. Enjoy!

Meet Brenna Renee (3 months old). This little girl just sleeps, eats, and smiles! I loved getting little giggles out of her. Lydia was jealous when I was with Brenna. I don't even have a picture of the two of them because Lydia would not stand close enough. I love you, Brenna!

Josh gives Lydia a new dolly!

We went peach picking at a nearby farm with great ambitions of making jam. Christina did end up making three peach cobblers, and we canned about ten jars of peaches. No jam though.

Lydia and mommy

Lydia and Matt

Since the weather was so pleasant, the kids played outside several hours every day.

Swinging together.

Lydia loved the little swing. We'll have to get one of these for our new backyard.

Lydia also experienced several "firsts." Here she is wearing overalls (boy overalls) and playing in the dirt!

She also ate some dirt. Uncle Brett had to scrape it off the back of her teeth!

Josh showed her a worm (also crickets and a turtle eating crickets).

The boys love dressing in full camo with face paint. Josh is posing with his "knife" (piece of bark).

Bathtime was interesting. Lydia doesn't love baths, this picture captures on of the only times she sat down in the water. See Josh's nifty blue cast?

Lydia left her signature in the bathtub. The boys initially thought it was gross, but then thought it was pretty cool.

Josh and Matt were so sweet to Lydia. Josh was much more gentle with her becuase he's older. In return for all his kindness, there was no lack of cousin kisses.

Thanks Christina and Brett for having us!