The outside is almost done!

Happy Monday! My last post seems like ages ago. I'm having a hard time keeping track of things....Over the last week, the exterior has been painted {stucco and trim}. The inside walls are completely painted and trim is being painted now. Here's a picture of the exterior in progress.

A before paint from the back....

We took a little break on Saturday {after going to look at granite again} and celebrated my nephew Josiah's first birthday! Man, he loved that cupcake. He's such a cutie and love my boys. He just watched them the whole day like, "man, I can't wait till I can run and do that too!" :) We had a great time celebrating with them.

Wells was just beside himself. :) He even sang happy birthday with us! Fielding had a good time too, but can you see how tired he was...

I just love those naked bellies!

Back to the house...On Saturday, we picked out granite and signed a contract. We picked out a granite called "St. Cecilia." So today, I've been trying to nail down a cream that I like. This picture doesn't really show what it looks like in person. But it will be in this pallet but a little darker than shown. When I left the house earlier, the guys were taking the cabinet doors off to sand and prime. I also met with a carpet guy earlier to get a quote for replacing carpet upstairs. We're undecided about doing that right now.

Here's how the keeping room looks now. It has new paint and trim. The trim hasn't been completely painted yet. The floors are going to be started on Thursday! That means we need to bust it to get the cabinets and trim painting finished before then.

Foyer is looking nice....still have that lovely chandelier. Anyone want to give me a new one??;) We've been looking at fixtures online. We've found plenty we like but not with the right price tag. Maybe we'll find something on craigslist.

I love these little outdoor lights Josh put up.

We got some new hardware for the doors. I love how the oiled bronze looks. Obviously, I need to get new locks too. Its so depressing though going to HD just for door nobs and hinges and having a huge bill. But they look good!

The floors have been patched and are refinishing starts on Thursday! That means we have to finish all the painting of trim and cabinets before then.

I love that we have hydrangeas at the house! I love them and have never had any!

So remember how the guys didn't use a form board on this stoop? Yea. They didn't really level it either. I think it has to come out. And that has to be done before we can put the column back in. But the paint makes it look so much cleaner! These photos make it look really great...the stucco seems more muted in person.

All these boxes FILLED my house. We still have some clothes, a few dishes and our furniture at home...but I think we could easily fit everything we own in this addition.....crazy....

So, for this week I have choose a cabinet color, maybe choose carpet, pack, show house/choose tenant, be a runner for the workers, decide what to do about the back patio. Our options are 1) tear out, 2) resurface or 3) cap with stone. The fear with capping is that it will probably crack at some point and should we invest in doing the stone now? What would you do?

Update on Fielding ~ He's doing great. His pink eye cleared up really quickly and he's not showing any sign of his ear(s) hurting him.

Funny things the kids have done recently:

1. Wells informed us during our walk on Sunday that he is not Wells, he is Wellington.

2. Michaela told Wellington the other day that he was going to be her husband. Wells then looked at me with kind of a paniced look and said, "But...I'm still little??" As if to say, "I'm not ready for that mommy!" :)

3. Fielding is trying to potty on the toilet - to no avail. He just points at himself and then at the water like he's trying to tell it to work.

4. Wellington was playing blocks this afternoon and told me it needed to be painted and that he was building an addition.

5. Just after #4 Wellington said he was "going to work" then would come running to give me a hug saying, "I'm home!"

6. Tonight wells poured out the wire trash can, put it on his head, and said he wanted to play catch. We don't watch TV. Has he seen a baseball game???

There are more too, I just forget them so quickly. They are constantly doing hilarious stuff. I love my kids.

That's all for now! Have a great week!

Helen