8 months and counting....

Hello! Just a quick update on things around here..... We've been very busy doing lots of work on our house. Rather, John is doing the hard work while I cheer him on. =) The downstairs was pretty much gutted last month, ie: pulled out all the carpet and tore out the entire kitchen. So, yes, it's been over a month that we haven't had a kitchen or a place to sit down. We painted the living room and kitchen (twice!), downstairs bath, doors and most of the trim. John added crown moulding, windown casing and window sills, and is currently working on adding new baseboards. Our kitchen cabinets were finally installed last week (Hip, hip, hooray!) and the flooring was completed yesterday. It already looks like a different house! They measured for the granite on Monday, and it will be another 2-3 weeks before we have a counter-top and backsplash. Which still means no running water downstairs. BUT, thanks to my hubby who can pretty much do anything, he rigged up a little faucet for me to be able to wash dishes, etc. It was kinda fun at first, camping out downstairs, cooking with only a microwave and using plastic utensils. But now, I'm getting to the point where I'm anxious for it to be done and normal again. But I guess that means I have to cook again and I really don't want to get my shiny new stove dirty!

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This past weekend I went to Palm Springs with my friend Sarah. Every year, for the past 11 years, Sarah's mom has taken 15+ of her friends from Seattle (the same group of women) to P.S. for a week. They are a fun bunch and do such crazy things! Sarah's mom gets a condo for Sarah and her sisiter too, so this is the 2nd year in a row that I've gone. Another friend of Sarah's (Keri) from Seattle, whose mom also goes, came too, along with our friend Jen (her mom also goes) and Kersten. We had so much fun doing nothing....laying out, swimming, eating and talking. It was great! The group of women always do a progressive dinner with "themes" in their hotel rooms and invited us to the dessert part. They did a spoof on Opera's favorite things and called it D'Opera, a white trash talk show host. It was hilarious! It was all really a cover-up for a surprise baby shower for Sarah (and her mom). Too fun!









Sarah & her mom / Kersten, Sarah, me and Keri









D'Opera (Jen's mom) / All the ladies


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This past Sunday Davis turned 8 months old. Amazing how time flys and how he changes daily. He loves to pull himself up on anything and play with his big sister. His first tooth broke through last month while we were in Paris and his second tooth came in a week or so ago. He's a pretty happy guy, but never stops moving! =)