Daddy's spa

Maddy's got a new bath tub... at least for now. Jim put in a new sink and faucet this weekend. It's huge! One side is considerable larger than the other and much deeper than our original sink. It is the perfect size for a little bath for Maddy. Not only that, the faucet is really high which makes it nice to rinse her hair. He actually leaned her back over the hump in the middle to rinse her hair. She kicked her feet up and just chilled out while he rinsed her hair. Now she's playing with her toys and trying to pull up.

We have a new sink!

FINALLY! We have a new sink and new faucet. A few days ago, our facet died. It started leaking everywhere. About a week before that, I pulled the faucet head out and the cable came unscrewed sending water every where. We had actually been sick of the faucet and the sink for some time for a lot of reasons.

Today, we went to the local hardware place and Lowes to pick out a new faucet and sink. Brushed silver faucet and a black granite sink. It looks AWESOME!!! Jim did most of the work. His dad came down from Mason to help out with the plumbing. I was impressed. Not only did he do it himself, but he got it done pretty quickly too.

I'll post pics as soon as i get to my mac to get them off my camera.

Hanging with Maddy

Today was the first day of many things. It was the first day of my fat shredding diet (by the way I'm starving). It was the first day of my "schedule" or attempt to get on one. It was Reagan's first dentist appointment and her first day in Pre-K1. It was also the first day of cleaning the house. I am moving from room to room each day to get the junk out.

There are so many places to go here because we tend to just put stuff away instead of dealing with them. I started in the bonus room. I propped Maddy up on the bean bag chair and started sorting toys, games and other fun stuff. Every time I picked up an item, I named it and talked to her about what it was. She had a great time with that. I, of course, also took tons of pictures.

We did move on to the game closet. Oh my, we have a lot of games we haven't even played. Oops. None the less, Maddy was entertained by my dialog and showed it by laughing, cooing and smiling at me most of the time. I think the favorite thing was the "birthday hat" which hasn't been worn in quite some time. Maybe I'll get that back out this year!

We've had a busy day. I'm getting some quiet time, mainly to write and sit. Maddy is in her crib fussing, but watching her mobile.

The last first for today is getting her used to her crib. I'd like to get her sleeping up there at night soon.

The walls come down

Today, dispite me being sick again, it was a pretty cool day. About 11am, the concrete guy came in and said "I'm about to take the wall down". Wow! I popped up from my nap and got my coat on and went outside with my camera.

It took forever - or so it seemed. All you could see was this wall and some flickering of movement every time he hit it with the sledge hammer. I think I took 5 or so short video clips before I gave up for a bit.

Eventually, the wall looked like it was about to come out. When it did, it fell out in one piece and landed in a HUGE puddle of muck. That wall of stuff came shooting up while I was recording. Talk about scaring me to death!

I've got it on video - I'll post it soon.