Start to Finish

I couldn't resist a time course of the view from the dining room into the kitchen.

Photography by a Three Year Old

Morgan took all the pictures!

The Belly: 29 Weeks

Being pregnant is becoming an inconvenience!

Kitchen Is Done

The kitchen is pretty much done. The tile was laid and holes were patched/painted. The only little detail left is to drill a hole in the desk countertop for wire management. The day the countertops were installed, Doug was out-of-town. Unfortunately, no one else thought ahead regarding how wires would get to the electrical outlet BELOW the countertop. The picture with the phone line nicely shows our problem! Do we love it and appreciate it....YES!

If anyone is looking for tile I really have to recommend fastfloors.com. We put forth a huge effort narrowing down the tile selection. Unfortunately, filtering for price was something we should have done upfront. We made the mistake of asking for price quotes after we spent all the time/energy figuring out which two tile styles we liked and of course, we picked two pricey tile brands. I dug around on-line a bit and found fastfloors.com which offered an amazing deal on one of our selections. The price was 40% off the kitchen store price quote which already had 25% knocked off. The deal was so amazing that I had Claude telling me it was too good to be true. I really couldn't deal with starting the tile process all over again so I went for it and ordered the tile online. The experience turned out wonderfully. The tile arrived on time and in one piece. What was even better was the customer service and support, which is usually lacking for internet companies.

Cupcakes

Murphys Law: The day the old kitchen was destroyed, Morgan announced he wanted to make cupcakes. We had a temporary set-up but the one capability we were lacking was an oven. So I promised that we would make cupcakes as soon as the oven worked.

With a few weeks of planning I was able to do a little prep work. A Google search of kids/cupcakes gave me the frog cupcake idea. Not a bad outcome!

Kitchen Remodel: End of Week 6

Weeks 4 and 5 were pretty uneventful. The counter top templates were made on Thursday of week 4 then we just waited. Week 6 was busy though. The counter tops were installed on Monday Feb 16th. The plumbing was finished on Tuesday and the electrical was finished on Thursday. So we now have an almost finished, but functioning kitchen.

The tile arrrives Monday and will be set Tuesday/Wed. There was a problem with the dishwasher but a new one arrived Sat and will be installed Monday or Tuesday. Finish off some last minute lighting changes at the end by the desk and a few touch-ups and we're done. We should say good-bye to Claude the contractor by the end of the week. He did a great job and we plan on using him again and recommending him but it will be nice not talking with Claude on a daily basis.

The Growing Belly: 24 Weeks

A snapshot of the bellies at 24 weeks. So far, only one belly appears to growing...guys have it so easy!