Quick recap around here

A Sunday hike to Cecret Lake at Alta was a good time for all( except poor Tristan who fell a few times).  Harder for me than I thought being 7 months along, but still a beautiful day and I loved being outdoors.
While we thought we would wait to do the patio till spring...a good deal on pavers created a snowball effect on the project so we went for it.  Im not sure Jonathan would do it again( it took him about 50 man hours to do it all by himself) but its 99% done!  Here is what it looked like a few days ago...now this was taken after he had leveled the dirt, carted in the sand and gravel, leveled it all and began the painstaking task of wheelbarrowing( is that even a word?)  the individual stone.  Each load was about 400 pounds.  I think he must have done 30 trips in all. We got the first level of finishing sand on, but we still have another couple to go, and then the sealant. I have to say it looks pretty darn good. 

this is how my mind works....

...and it gets me in trouble with Jonathan...

haha.  Elijiah was with his dad over labor day weekend...and with Jonathan working on the crib...I thought...mmmm I should probably go through the boxes in the basement to see what I have, what still is in good condition ( after 10 years) and what I may need to buy over the next couple of months to prepare for the baby coming...

So what do I do?  Bring up every single box of clothes, and baby items that have been stored away and start going through them...I put them in piles according to size.  I then had a D.I. pile for clothes that just dont cut it anymore, and then a throw away pile for stained, torn or just plain worn out stuff.

As Jonathan walked in this room he said it gave him anxiety to even look at it all!  We went to walmart and got storage bins instead of boxes and I started to do laundry for all the blankets, and newborn-12 month items.  The rest went back into bins - labeled correctly and down to the basement.  After Jonathan did the paint job in Elijiahs room....we just kept the project going. He took down Elijiahs bedroom, set up the crib, we moved everything to Tristans room and did our best to rearrange so both boys stuff fits.  It was a lot of work, and still lots of work left for both rooms. However Tristan and Elijiah are in one room, and the baby's room is under construction as you can see below.  PROGRESS!

Paint Hell

Jonathan and I always seem to start projects around here...I guess that has to do with all the stuff that we see that needs to get done!  It started with some inspiration photos and discussing the baby room.  I have this vision of what I want, but seriously our money tree died with the backyard.  Jonathan was concerned with the crib first off...its a side drop one that I got for Elijiah 10 years ago.  Its been a great crib but with the recalls, and my change of design likes....I wanted a new crib...HOWEVER I realized that with all the stuff I have, its really not practical to buy new.  So he did some research and he will retro-fit the crib to help with any issues....and we decided to paint it instead of keeping it the old brown color.  We had already purchased a new/used old dresser in a pale yellow and the other colors I wanted to paint the crib wouldnt probably go...so white became the go to.  As Jonathan was painting the crib we talked about what my plans were for the rest of the room.  I have a few bumper and crib skirts but none seem to work...,my mom will make another set I just need to purchase the fabric....anyway I think I have it all put together in my mind...its just a matter of pulling it all together.

So for now...here is the latest in the nursery redo....Looks AMAZING if I say so myself...Jonathan sure rocks the house!

Back at Lourdes

School started 2 weeks ago...a little late in posting a first day back picture.  But better late than never!

As much as Elijiah complained about leaving his friends at public school behind, he got on board with returning to Lourdes and its been a good couple weeks.  Days are long...7am to 5:15 before he returns home, but hes made a few new friends, and got reacquainted with the old ones. Because its such a small school- ONE class per grade and avg class size is 20- everyone knows everyone....hes been welcomed back with open arms and so far so good.  

My friend, and teacher at the school has a son Elijiahs age...in fact they have known each other their whole lives...Kai and he went to YMCA for daycare and it was Karen who introduced me to Lourdes in the first place..anyway she lives about a mile from me, and is helping to drive him back and forth to school.  Its really the only way he could have returned to Lourdes...with Jonathan and I working in Provo and school in SLC shes been a life saver!

Anyway excited for the new year and 4th grade!